Auth bypass in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
CVE-2025-43827
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability with audit events in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.117, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote authenticated users to from one virtual instance to view the audit events from a different virtual instance via the _com_liferay_portal_security_audit_web_portlet_AuditPortlet_auditEventId parameter.
Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)
EPSS: 0.003 (18.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Liferay Digital_experience_platform — versions 7.4
- Liferay Dxp — versions 7.4.13, 2023.Q3.1, 2023.Q4.0
- Liferay Liferay_portal
- Liferay Portal — versions 7.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@liferay.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-43827?
- CVE-2025-43827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-09-30.
- How severe is CVE-2025-43827?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-43827 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.