CVE-2025-43744: Liferay Portal · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% 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 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Liferay Portal | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Organizations should prioritize applying patches or updates from Liferay as soon as they become available to address this vulnerability. In the absence of immediate patches, administrators should review and restrict the ability to create or modify DDM structure field labels, especially by untrusted users. Implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can help mitigate the impact of injected scripts by restricting script execution sources. Additionally, input validation and output encoding should be enforced at the application layer to prevent injection of malicious scripts. Regular security audits and penetration testing focusing on XSS vulnerabilities in portal configurations are recommended. Monitoring web application logs for unusual input patterns or script injections can provide early detection. User education to recognize suspicious portal behavior and limiting user privileges to only necessary roles can reduce exploitation likelihood. Finally, consider using web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules tuned to detect and block XSS payloads targeting Liferay portals.
Description
A stored DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.5, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15, 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.Q1.19 and 7.4 GA through update 92 exists in the Asset Publisher configuration UI within the Source.js module. This vulnerability allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via DDM structure field labels which are then inserted into the DOM using innerHTML without proper encoding.