CVE-2025-43791: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- 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:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 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
To mitigate CVE-2025-43791, European organizations should: 1) Immediately audit all Liferay Portal and DXP instances to identify affected versions and prioritize upgrades once patches are released. 2) Implement strict input validation and output encoding on all rich text fields, especially those exposed to untrusted users or contributors, to neutralize malicious scripts. 3) Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts within the portal environment. 4) Limit user permissions to restrict who can create or edit rich text content, minimizing the risk of malicious payload injection. 5) Monitor web logs and user activity for signs of XSS exploitation attempts or unusual behavior. 6) Educate users about the risks of interacting with untrusted content and encourage cautious browsing practices within the portal. 7) Consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules tuned to detect and block XSS payloads targeting Liferay components. These measures, combined with timely patching, will reduce the risk of exploitation.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a "Rich Text" type field to (1) a web content structure, (2) a Documents and Media Document Type , or (3) custom assets that uses the Data Engine's module Rich Text field.