CVE-2025-43830: Liferay Portal · 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 8 Oct 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
European organizations should implement the following specific mitigations beyond generic advice: 1) Immediately audit all Liferay Portal instances to identify affected versions and prioritize upgrades to versions beyond those listed as vulnerable once official patches are released. 2) Until patches are available, disable or restrict use of rich text fields in forms where possible, or apply strict input validation and sanitization on user inputs to prevent script injection. 3) Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict execution of unauthorized scripts and reduce impact of XSS attacks. 4) Conduct regular security awareness training to educate users about risks of interacting with suspicious links or content within the portal. 5) Monitor logs and user activity for unusual behavior that may indicate exploitation attempts. 6) Use web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block common XSS payload patterns targeting Liferay forms. 7) Engage with Liferay support and subscribe to security advisories to receive timely updates and patches. 8) Review and harden session management and authentication mechanisms to limit damage from session hijacking. 9) Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for portal access to reduce risk from compromised sessions. 10) Test and validate all mitigations in staging environments before deployment to production.
Description
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Forms in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, and 7.3 GA through update 35 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a form with a rich text type field.