CVE-2025-43772: Liferay Portal · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 43% 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:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 Sep 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 2026-10-26.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Liferay Portal | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
1. Immediate mitigation should focus on monitoring and limiting the size and number of request parameters accepted by the Kaleo Forms Admin portlet to prevent excessive session data storage. Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious HTTP requests with abnormally large or numerous parameters targeting the affected endpoints. 2. Restrict access to the Kaleo Forms Admin interface to trusted internal networks or authenticated users where possible, reducing the attack surface. 3. Apply rate limiting on incoming requests to the portal to mitigate automated exploitation attempts. 4. Conduct thorough input validation and session management audits to identify and remediate similar uncontrolled resource consumption issues. 5. Stay alert for official patches or updates from Liferay and plan prompt deployment once available. 6. Implement robust monitoring of system memory usage and application performance metrics to detect early signs of exploitation attempts. 7. For organizations unable to immediately patch, consider temporary disabling or restricting the Kaleo Forms Admin functionality if it is not critical to operations. 8. Engage in regular security assessments and penetration testing focused on session management and resource consumption vulnerabilities.
Description
Kaleo Forms Admin in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA, 7.3 GA through update 27, and older unsupported versions does not restrict the saving of request parameters in the portlet session, which allows remote attackers to consume system memory leading to denial-of-service (DoS) conditions via crafted HTTP request.