Is CVE-2021-29038 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-29038 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-29038?

CVE-2021-29038 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-29038?

CVE-2021-29038 has an EPSS score of 0.28% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-29038?

Upgrade digital experience platform to 7.2 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-29038

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.3.5, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 1, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions does not obfuscate password reminder answers on the page, which allows attackers to use man-in-the-middle or shoulder surfing attacks to steal user's password reminder answers.

CWE-640

How to fix

Remediation Available

digital experience platformNVD

Affected:< 7.2Fixed in:7.2CVE-2021-29038derived from NVD

liferay portalNVD

Affected:>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.6Fixed in:7.3.6CVE-2021-29038derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

liferay.dev

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-18818	Critical	9.8	98%	-	-
CVE-2023-7028	Critical	10.0	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-7615	High	8.8	91%	-	-
CVE-2024-2862	Critical	9.1	51%	-	-
CVE-2019-19844	Critical	9.8	35%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-6216	Critical	9.8	29%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-13.