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GHSA-X5FW-8XGX-Q6C9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-09 21:30 – Updated: 2025-12-20 02:53

Summary

Liferay Portal is vulnerable to XSS attack through its search bar portlet

Details

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.110 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.8, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL in search bar portlet

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.0.125"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.0.143"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-43781"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-09-11T13:31:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-09T19:15:46Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.110 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.8, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL in search bar portlet",
  "id": "GHSA-x5fw-8xgx-q6c9",
  "modified": "2025-12-20T02:53:14Z",
  "published": "2025-09-09T21:30:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43781"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/f6483b5cff5c07b562c52f9eec336b2ebc9eeacd"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-18124"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43781"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Liferay Portal is vulnerable to XSS attack through its search bar portlet"
}

CVE-2025-43781 (GCVE-0-2025-43781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-09 18:48 – Updated: 2025-09-10 16:09

Summary

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.110 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.8, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL in search bar portlet

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-09-10 16:09 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Liferay CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnera…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Liferay	Portal	Affected: 7.4.3.110 , ≤ 7.4.3.128 (maven)
Liferay	DXP	Affected: 2024.Q1.1 , ≤ 2024.Q1.12 (maven) Affected: 2024.Q2.0 , ≤ 2023.Q2.13 (maven) Affected: 2024.Q3.0 , ≤ 2024.Q3.8 (maven)

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