Path Traversal in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
CVE-2025-43813
Possible path traversal vulnerability and denial-of-service in the ComboServlet in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.107, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.4, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to access arbitrary CSS and JSS files and load the files multiple times via the query string in a URL.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.3, 7.4
- Liferay Dxp — versions 7.3.10, 7.4.13, 2023.Q3.1
- Liferay Liferay_portal
- Liferay Portal — versions 7.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-43813?
- CVE-2025-43813 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-09-29.
- How severe is CVE-2025-43813?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.