What is CVE-2017-1000425?

CVE-2017-1000425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000425?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Liferay Portal

CVE-2017-1000425

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the /html/portal/flash.jsp page in Liferay Portal CE 7.0 GA4 and older allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URI in the "movie" parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Liferay Portal

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

dev.liferay.com/web/community-security-team/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publi… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/9435af4ef8a90b5333da925a5ec860a43d18c0… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000425?: CVE-2017-1000425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000425?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.