CVE-2025-43738: Liferay Portal · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC
- 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:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 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
European organizations should implement the following specific mitigation steps: 1) Immediately audit and restrict user privileges to minimize the number of users with authenticated access to the vulnerable parameter. 2) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious payloads targeting the _com_liferay_expando_web_portlet_ExpandoPortlet_displayType parameter. 3) Conduct thorough input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data, particularly focusing on the vulnerable parameter, to prevent script injection. 4) Monitor application logs for unusual activity or repeated attempts to exploit this parameter. 5) Engage with Liferay support or community channels to obtain and apply official patches or updates as soon as they become available. 6) Educate users about phishing and social engineering risks that could lead to credential compromise, which is a prerequisite for exploitation. 7) Consider implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to reduce the impact of any successful XSS attacks by restricting script execution sources. 8) Regularly perform security assessments and penetration testing focused on web application vulnerabilities to detect similar issues proactively.
Description
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.19 allows a remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript code via _com_liferay_expando_web_portlet_ExpandoPortlet_displayType parameter.