CVE-2025-43783: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 15% 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:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 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 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Liferay Portal | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Organizations should prioritize upgrading Liferay Portal and DXP installations to versions beyond those affected, as vendors typically release patches addressing such vulnerabilities. In absence of immediate patches, implementing Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious input patterns targeting the /c/portal/comment/discussion/get_editor endpoint can reduce risk. Input validation and output encoding should be enforced at the application layer to neutralize malicious scripts. Security teams should conduct thorough code reviews and penetration testing focusing on XSS vectors in custom Liferay modules or themes. User awareness training to recognize phishing attempts can mitigate the risk of user interaction exploitation. Additionally, monitoring web server logs for unusual requests to the vulnerable endpoint can help detect attempted exploitation. Employing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can limit the impact of injected scripts by restricting script execution sources.
Description
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.73 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.1, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12, 7.4 update 73 through update 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the /c/portal/comment/discussion/get_editor path.