CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-62257

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.39%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

Password enumeration vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to determine a user's password even if account lockout is enabled via brute force attack.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can successfully guess user passwords despite account lockout being enabled, leading to unauthorized system access and potential account takeover.

Recommendation

Upgrade Liferay Portal/DXP to the latest supported version containing the fix. In the meantime, consider additional brute-force protections such as CAPTCHA or WAF-level rate limiting.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Password enumeration vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to determine a user’s password even if account lockout is enabled via brute force attack.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS