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Published Jul. 2, 2025

The Forget Password page is vulnerable to CSRF attack

Written By

Aaron Wang

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Issue

  • The Forget Password form can be re-submitted with different cookies which lead to the CSRF issue.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.2

Resolution

  • This is considered as a False Positive, as the user is not logged into Liferay when accessing the Forget password page. CSRF is meant to protect authenticated sessions/users.
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