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CVE-2025-43753VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-43753: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.1 Low.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
2.1Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Liferay PortalAffected
  • =7.4.3.32
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Apply official patches or updates from Liferay as soon as they become available to address this vulnerability. 2. Implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data, especially in the embedded message fields and form containers, to prevent injection of malicious scripts. 3. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts within the portal application. 4. Enforce the principle of least privilege by limiting user permissions to only those necessary, reducing the number of users who can exploit this vulnerability. 5. Monitor logs and user activity for unusual behavior indicative of XSS exploitation attempts, such as unexpected JavaScript execution or anomalous form submissions. 6. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focusing on XSS vulnerabilities in the portal environment. 7. Educate users about the risks of XSS and encourage reporting of suspicious portal behavior. 8. If immediate patching is not possible, consider temporary mitigation such as disabling or restricting the vulnerable embedded message field functionality or applying web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious payloads targeting this vector.

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.32 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.7, 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.Q1.16 and 7.4 update 32 through update 92 allows an remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript into the embedded message field from the form container.

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