Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-25607

High

Published: 20 February 2024

Published
20 February 2024
Modified
11 December 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-25607 is a high-severity Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort (CWE-916) vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 27.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The default password hashing algorithm (PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1) in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.15, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 16, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions defaults to a low…

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work factor, which allows attackers to quickly crack password hashes.

CWE(s)
CWE-916

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

liferay
digital experience platform
7.2, 7.3, 7.4 · ≤ 7.2
liferay
liferay portal
≤ 7.4.3.15

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AT-5 Contacts with Security Groups and Associations
addresses: CWE-916

Information from security contacts highlights password hashing methods with insufficient computational effort, preventing their adoption.

References