CVE-2025-43815: 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 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 29 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
1. Monitor Liferay’s official security advisories and apply vendor patches promptly once released for the affected versions. 2. Implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied parameters, especially the com_liferay_layout_admin_web_portlet_GroupPagesPortlet_backURLTitle parameter, to prevent script injection. 3. Deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in the browser context. 4. Educate users about the risks of clicking untrusted links and implement email filtering to reduce phishing attempts. 5. Use web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules targeting reflected XSS patterns to detect and block malicious requests. 6. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focusing on web application vulnerabilities. 7. Consider upgrading to newer Liferay versions that are not affected by this vulnerability if patches are delayed. 8. Review and harden portal configuration to minimize exposure of sensitive parameters in URLs.
Description
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the page configuration page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.102 through 7.4.3.110, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.2, and 2023.Q3.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the com_liferay_layout_admin_web_portlet_GroupPagesPortlet_backURLTitle parameter.