CVE-2025-43804: 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 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% 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 16 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 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Liferay Portal | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
European organizations should immediately review their Liferay Portal and DXP deployments to identify affected versions. Since no official patches are linked yet, temporary mitigations include: 1) Implementing strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts. 2) Applying web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious payloads targeting the _com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_userId parameter. 3) Conducting input validation and output encoding on the server side where possible, especially for user-controllable parameters. 4) Educating users about phishing and social engineering risks to reduce the likelihood of user interaction exploitation. 5) Monitoring logs for suspicious requests targeting the vulnerable parameter. 6) Planning for rapid deployment of official patches or updates from Liferay once available. Additionally, organizations should consider isolating or restricting access to the affected portal components until mitigations are in place. Regular security assessments and penetration testing focusing on XSS vulnerabilities in the portal environment are recommended to detect any exploitation attempts.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Search widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.93 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the _com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_userId parameter.