High
Security advisory
In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-33949
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Liferay Portal 7.3.0 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.2 and earlier the default configuration does not require users to verify their email address, which allows remote attackers to create accounts using fake email addresses or email addresses which they don't control. The portal property `company.security.strangers.verify` should be set to true.
osv:CVE-2023-33949
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.099979031Z",
"provider": "osv",
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