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CVE-2025-43777: Liferay Portal · Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 14% 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:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/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

  1. Monitor Liferay's official security advisories closely and apply patches or updates as soon as they become available to address CVE-2025-43777.
  2. Implement strict client secret lifecycle management to avoid using deleted or invalid client secrets in authentication attempts.
  3. Customize error handling in Liferay Portal to ensure that error messages do not reveal internal server details; consider generic error responses for authentication failures.
  4. Employ Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block suspicious login attempts that may exploit this vulnerability.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focusing on authentication flows to identify and remediate similar information disclosure issues.
  6. Educate users and administrators about the risks of phishing and social engineering that could trigger such errors.
  7. Restrict access to authentication endpoints via network segmentation or IP whitelisting where feasible to reduce exposure.

Description

Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.9, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.16, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.19 exposes "Internal Server Error" in the response body when a login attempt is made with a deleted Client Secret.

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