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CVE-2025-62265VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-62265: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% 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:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
Mavencom.liferay.portal/portalpkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/portalOther threatsAffected
  • =7.4.0
  • <=7.4.3.111
  • 7.4 <=7.4.92
  • 7.3 <=7.3.36
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

1. Apply official patches or updates from Liferay as soon as they become available to address this vulnerability directly. 2. Implement strict input validation and sanitization on blog content fields to prevent injection of malicious iframes or scripts. 3. Configure the Blogs widget or underlying platform to enforce the sandbox attribute on all iframe elements, restricting their capabilities and preventing access to the parent page. 4. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts and limit iframe sources. 5. Conduct regular security reviews and penetration testing focusing on user-generated content components. 6. Educate users about the risks of interacting with untrusted or suspicious blog content to reduce the likelihood of successful exploitation. 7. Monitor web logs and user activity for signs of attempted XSS attacks or unusual iframe injections. 8. Consider deploying web application firewalls (WAF) with rules tailored to detect and block malicious iframe injections targeting Liferay portals. 9. For organizations unable to immediately patch, disable or restrict the Blogs widget functionality temporarily to reduce exposure. 10. Maintain an inventory of Liferay versions deployed across the organization to prioritize remediation efforts effectively.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Blogs widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 36, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted <iframe> injected into a blog entry's “Content” text field The Blogs widget in Liferay DXP does not add the sandbox attribute to <iframe> elements, which allows remote attackers to access the parent page via scripts and links in the frame page.

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