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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Password is visible as a plain text in the user's browser console

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Laura Li

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Issue

  • When a user tries to log in to Liferay via Liferay's default Sign-In portlet, the user's password shows in the browser console as a plain text.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.0-7.4

Resolution

  • This is not a Liferay issue. When submitting the login credentials in the browser, the browser prepares the request by including the form data. Since checking in the same browser console, it displays the data as a plain text. If SSL is enabled, the data will be encrypted when the request is leaving the browser.

Additional Information

  • More information regarding SSL encryption could be found from other resources: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/19681/where-does-ssl-encryption-take-place
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