CVE-2025-43732: Liferay Portal · Insecure Direct Object Reference
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 15% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Aug 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Liferay Portal | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
- Immediate mitigation should include restricting administrator privileges to only trusted personnel and monitoring administrative activities for unusual parameter modifications.
- Implement strict input validation and authorization checks on the groupId parameter within the RolesSelectorPortlet to ensure administrators can only access user lists within their own organizations.
- Apply any forthcoming official patches from Liferay as soon as they are released.
- Use web application firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block suspicious requests that attempt to manipulate the groupId parameter.
- Conduct regular audits of user access logs to identify unauthorized access attempts.
- Consider segmenting Liferay Portal instances by organization to reduce cross-organization exposure.
- Educate administrators about the risks of parameter tampering and enforce secure administration practices.
- If possible, implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for administrator accounts to reduce the risk of compromised credentials being used to exploit this vulnerability.
Description
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.10, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.17 and 7.4 GA through update 92 is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the groupId parameter of the _com_liferay_roles_selector_web_portlet_RolesSelectorPortlet_groupId. When an organization administrator modifies this parameter id value, they can gain unauthorized access to user lists from other organizations.