CVE-2025-62255: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'
Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.0 Low.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 23 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 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Mavencom.liferay/portalpkg:maven/com.liferay/portalOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
1. Apply official patches or updates from Liferay as soon as they become available to address CVE-2025-62255. 2. Implement strict input validation and output encoding on attachment filenames to neutralize potentially malicious scripts before rendering. 3. Enforce Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts within the portal. 4. Limit user privileges on the Knowledge Base article edit page to trusted personnel only, reducing the risk of malicious payload injection. 5. Educate users about the risks of interacting with untrusted or unexpected attachments and filenames within the portal. 6. Monitor logs and user activity for unusual behavior indicative of attempted XSS exploitation. 7. Consider disabling attachment filename rendering or sanitizing filenames on upload if patching is delayed. 8. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focused on web application vulnerabilities in the Liferay environment. 9. Use web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules targeting XSS attack patterns to provide an additional layer of defense.
Description
Self Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the edit Knowledge Base article page in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.101, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.5, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into an attachment's filename.