Access Control Bypass Affecting com.liferay:com.liferay.multi.factor.authentication.timebased.otp.web package, versions [,2.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMLIFERAY-10182210
  • published18 May 2025
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2021-29041  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.multi.factor.authentication.timebased.otp.web to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass in the MFAUserAccountSetupMVCActionCommand class that allows an authenticated used to deny service to another user by enabling the Time-based One-time password (TOTP) feature for their account, or by modifying the other user's TOTP shared secret.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1