CVE-2025-43741: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 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 20 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
To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should: 1) Immediately review and restrict access to the Users Admin portlet to only necessary personnel, enforcing the principle of least privilege. 2) Implement strict input validation and output encoding on the _com_liferay_users_admin_web_portlet_UsersAdminPortlet_assetTagNames parameter to neutralize any injected scripts. 3) Monitor portal logs for unusual or suspicious requests targeting this parameter, which could indicate attempted exploitation. 4) Apply any forthcoming official patches or updates from Liferay as soon as they become available. 5) Educate authenticated users about the risks of clicking on suspicious links, as user interaction is required for exploitation. 6) Consider deploying Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block reflected XSS payloads targeting this parameter. 7) Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focused on portal components to identify and remediate similar vulnerabilities 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.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.3, 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.Q1.14 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote authenticated attacker to inject JavaScrip in the _com_liferay_users_admin_web_portlet_UsersAdminPortlet_assetTagNames parameter