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CVE-2025-43773: Liferay Portal · Missing Authorization

Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.6 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 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 should implement the following specific mitigations: 1) Immediately audit and restrict access to the Notifications Templates feature and the expandoTableLocalService to only trusted and necessary users, minimizing the number of users with elevated privileges. 2) Employ strict role-based access controls (RBAC) and regularly review permissions to ensure no excessive privileges are granted. 3) Monitor logs for unusual access patterns or unauthorized attempts to use the expandoTableLocalService. 4) Educate users about phishing and social engineering risks to reduce the likelihood of user interaction-based exploitation. 5) Stay alert for official patches or updates from Liferay and apply them promptly once available. 6) Consider implementing application-layer firewalls or web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious requests targeting the vulnerable service. 7) Conduct penetration testing focused on authorization controls within Liferay Portal to identify and remediate similar weaknesses proactively.

Description

Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.14, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.18 and 7.4 GA through update 92 has a security vulnerability that allowing for improper access through the expandoTableLocalService.

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