What is CVE-2025-43790?

CVE-2025-43790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-43790?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-43790 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2025-43790

Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.124, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.6, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote authenticated users to from one virtual instance to access, create, edit, relate data/object entries/definitions to an object in a different virtual instance.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43790?: CVE-2025-43790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-43790?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-43790 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.