CVE-2024-26270
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to theft of hashed password
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
- Record
CVE-2024-26270- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-201
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-0781
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
- Record
EUVD-2024-0781- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xq4r-4xfh-vch8
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to theft of hashed password
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
- Record
GHSA-xq4r-4xfh-vch8- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-201
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
- Record
CVE-2024-26270- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-201
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
- Record
CVE-2024-26270- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-xq4r-4xfh-vch8
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to theft of hashed password
The Account Settings page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.76 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3 before patch 5, and 7.4 update 76 through 92 embeds the user’s hashed password in the page’s HTML source, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to steal a user's hashed password.
- Record
GHSA-xq4r-4xfh-vch8- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-201
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomMaven | 7.4.3.76 up to 7.4.3.100 | 7.4.3.100 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomMaven | 2023.Q3 up to 2023.Q3.5 | 2023.Q3.5 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomMaven | 7.4.0 to 7.4.13.u92 | None known |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomMaven | 7.4.3.76 up to 7.4.3.100, plus listed versions 7.4.3.777.4.3.787.4.3.797.4.3.807.4.3.81 Show 20 moreShow less7.4.3.827.4.3.837.4.3.847.4.3.857.4.3.85-ga857.4.3.867.4.3.877.4.3.887.4.3.897.4.3.907.4.3.917.4.3.927.4.3.937.4.3.947.4.3.957.4.3.95-17.4.3.967.4.3.977.4.3.987.4.3.99 | 7.4.3.100 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomMaven | 2023.Q3 up to 2023.Q3.5, plus listed versions 2023.q3.12023.q3.22023.q3.32023.q3.4 | 2023.Q3.5 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomMaven | 7.4.0 to 7.4.13.u92, plus listed versions 7.4.10.ep17.4.117.4.127.4.137.4.13.u1 Show 45 moreShow less7.4.13.u107.4.13.u157.4.13.u167.4.13.u177.4.13.u187.4.13.u197.4.13.u27.4.13.u207.4.13.u217.4.13.u227.4.13.u237.4.13.u247.4.13.u257.4.13.u267.4.13.u277.4.13.u287.4.13.u297.4.13.u37.4.13.u307.4.13.u317.4.13.u327.4.13.u337.4.13.u347.4.13.u357.4.13.u367.4.13.u377.4.13.u387.4.13.u397.4.13.u47.4.13.u407.4.13.u417.4.13.u427.4.13.u437.4.13.u447.4.13.u457.4.13.u467.4.13.u477.4.13.u487.4.13.u497.4.13.u57.4.13.u507.4.13.u517.4.13.u527.4.13.u537.4.13.u54 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-26270 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Liferay Dxp, published February 20, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. Fixed in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom 7.4.3.100.
References
Left out here: 41 versions. The JSON record has them.