CVE-2025-43818: Liferay Portal · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 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:L/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 2026-10-26.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Liferay Portal | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
1. Monitor Liferay’s official channels for patches addressing CVE-2025-43818 and apply them promptly once available. 2. Implement strict input validation on the Calendar widget’s “Name” field to reject or sanitize suspicious characters and scripts. 3. Apply robust output encoding/escaping techniques on all user-supplied content rendered in the Calendar widget to prevent script execution. 4. Restrict access to the Calendar widget to authenticated and authorized users only, minimizing exposure. 5. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to limit the execution of unauthorized scripts in browsers. 6. Conduct user awareness training to reduce the risk of social engineering attacks that could trigger the vulnerability. 7. Regularly audit and monitor web application logs for unusual input patterns or error messages related to the Calendar widget. 8. Consider deploying Web Application Firewalls (WAF) with custom rules to detect and block XSS payloads targeting the Calendar widget. 9. Review and harden the overall Liferay Portal configuration to minimize attack surface and privilege escalation opportunities. 10. Test the environment after mitigation to ensure the vulnerability is effectively addressed.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Calendar widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.35 through 7.4.3.110, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.4, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.6, 7.4 update 35 through update 92, and 7.3 update 25 through update 36 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a Calendar's “Name” text field