CVE-2025-43761: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 9% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 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
1. Immediate mitigation should include restricting access to the vulnerable ajax.html path, for example by using web application firewalls (WAFs) or reverse proxies to block or sanitize requests targeting the frontend-editor-ckeditor-web/ckeditor/samples/old/ajax.html endpoint. 2. Implement strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to limit the execution of unauthorized scripts and reduce the impact of XSS attacks. 3. Monitor web server logs and intrusion detection systems for suspicious requests targeting the vulnerable path. 4. Disable or remove sample/demo components such as ckeditor samples from production environments if not required. 5. Apply input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied inputs in the affected components once patches are released by Liferay. 6. Keep Liferay Portal and DXP installations updated with the latest security patches as soon as they become available. 7. Educate users and administrators about the risks of XSS and encourage vigilance against phishing attempts that may leverage this vulnerability. 8. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focusing on web application vulnerabilities including XSS in Liferay deployments.
Description
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.4, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote non-authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript into the frontend-editor-ckeditor-web/ckeditor/samples/old/ajax.html path