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CVE-2025-43775: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

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, 14:05 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 12% 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 9 Sep 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 prioritize the following mitigations: 1) Immediate review and sanitization of all user-supplied input fields, especially the remote app title field, using robust server-side encoding and validation libraries to neutralize scripts. 2) Deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict execution of unauthorized scripts and reduce impact of XSS payloads. 3) Implement strict input validation and output encoding consistent with OWASP guidelines for all web applications using Liferay Portal. 4) Monitor portal logs and user reports for suspicious activity indicative of XSS exploitation attempts. 5) Restrict privileges for users who can submit or modify remote app titles to minimize attack surface. 6) Engage with Liferay support or security advisories for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. 7) Conduct security awareness training for portal administrators and users to recognize and report suspicious content. 8) Consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block XSS payload patterns targeting the portal.

Description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.5, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.12, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12, and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via remote app title field.

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