What is CVE-2025-43797?

CVE-2025-43797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2025-43797?

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

RCE in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2025-43797

In Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions, the default membership type of a newly created site is “Open” which allows any registered users to become a member of the site. A remote attacker with site membership can potentially view, add or edit content on the site.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.1th 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:N/S:U/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 7.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43797?: CVE-2025-43797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-43797?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.