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CVE-2025-62267VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-62267: Liferay Portal · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Liferay PortalSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.6 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 14% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 31 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/portalpkg:maven/com.liferay/portalOther threatsAffected
  • =7.4.3.35
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

European organizations should implement the following specific mitigations: 1) Immediately audit and restrict access to Liferay Portal user profile editing functions to trusted users only. 2) Apply strict input validation and sanitization on all user-supplied data fields, especially name fields, using allowlists and context-aware output encoding to prevent script injection. 3) Monitor portal logs for unusual input patterns or repeated failed attempts to inject scripts. 4) Educate users and administrators about the risks of XSS and safe handling of user input. 5) Deploy web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block XSS payloads targeting Liferay portals. 6) Plan and prioritize upgrading to patched versions of Liferay Portal and DXP once vendor fixes are released. 7) Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to reduce the impact of any injected scripts. 8) Conduct regular security assessments and penetration tests focusing on web content templates and user input handling. These measures go beyond generic advice by focusing on access control, proactive detection, and layered defenses tailored to the Liferay environment.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in web content template’s select structure page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.35 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 update 35 through update 92 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a user’s (1) First Name, (2) Middle Name, or (3) Last Name text field.

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