XSS in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
CVE-2025-43791
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a "Rich Text" type field to (1) a web content structure, (2) a Documents and Media Document Type , or (3) custom assets that uses the Data Engine's module Rich Text field.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (10.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.3, 7.4, 2023.q4.0
- Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3.10, 7.4.13, 2023.Q3.1
- Liferay Liferay_portal
- Liferay Portal — versions 7.3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-43791?
- CVE-2025-43791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-09-15.
- How severe is CVE-2025-43791?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-43791 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.