What is CVE-2025-43798?

CVE-2025-43798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Missing Critical Step in Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2025-43798?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

CVE-2025-43798

Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 35 allows a time-based one-time password (TOTP) to be used multiple times during the validity period, which allows attackers with access to a user’s TOTP to authenticate as the user.

EPSS: 0.002 (6.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-304 — Missing Critical Step in Authentication

References

security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43798?: CVE-2025-43798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Missing Critical Step in Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-43798?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.