What is CVE-2025-43741?

CVE-2025-43741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2025-43741?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2025-43741

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.3, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.14 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote authenticated attacker to inject JavaScrip in the _com_liferay_users_admin_web_portlet_UsersAdminPortlet_assetTagNames parameter

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.4
Liferay Dxp — versions 7.4.13, 2024.Q1.1, 2024.Q2.0
Liferay Liferay_portal
Liferay Portal — versions 7.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43741?: CVE-2025-43741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-43741?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.