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CVE-2025-43731: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Liferay PortalAffected
  • =7.4.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

  1. Immediate deployment of any available security patches or updates from Liferay once released is critical. Monitor Liferay’s official security advisories closely.
  2. Implement strict input validation and output encoding on message board inputs to neutralize potentially malicious scripts. This can be done by configuring or enhancing existing web application firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block reflected XSS payloads targeting Liferay message boards.
  3. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in browsers accessing the portal.
  4. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration tests focusing on web application vulnerabilities, especially XSS, to identify and remediate similar issues proactively.
  5. Educate users about the risks of clicking on suspicious links and encourage the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to reduce the impact of session hijacking.
  6. If possible, restrict access to message board functionalities to authenticated and authorized users only, reducing the attack surface.
  7. Monitor logs and network traffic for unusual activities or repeated attempts to exploit XSS vectors.
  8. Consider deploying runtime application self-protection (RASP) solutions that can detect and block malicious script injections in real time.

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.8, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.16 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript in message board threads and categories.

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