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CVE-2025-43760: Liferay Portal · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 18% 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:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Liferay PortalAffected
  • =7.4.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations using Liferay Portal should implement the following specific mitigation strategies: 1) Immediately review and apply any official patches or updates from Liferay addressing CVE-2025-43760 as they become available. 2) Conduct a thorough audit of all portal redirect URLs and input validation mechanisms to ensure proper sanitization and escaping of user-supplied data, particularly in the PortalUtil.escapeRedirect function or equivalent customizations. 3) Implement Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with rules designed to detect and block reflected XSS payloads targeting Liferay portals. 4) Enforce strict authentication and session management policies, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) to reduce the risk of compromised credentials being used to exploit the vulnerability. 5) Educate users about the risks of clicking on suspicious links, especially those that appear to redirect within the portal environment. 6) Monitor portal logs for unusual redirect patterns or repeated failed attempts that may indicate exploitation attempts. 7) Consider deploying Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts within the portal context. 8) Limit the exposure of the portal to only necessary user groups and networks to reduce the attack surface.

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.Q1.4, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.6, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.20 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript into the PortalUtil.escapeRedirect

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