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CVE-2025-43741: 
Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP products. The vulnerability affects multiple versions including Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and various Liferay DXP versions from 2024.Q1.1 through 2025.Q1.3. The issue was disclosed on August 20, 2025 (NVD, Liferay Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript code via the comliferayusersadminwebportletUsersAdminPortletassetTagNames parameter. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.1 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to perform cross-site scripting attacks, which could potentially lead to the execution of malicious JavaScript code in users' browsers. This could result in session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information from affected users (CERT-FR).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in multiple versions including Liferay Portal fixed on master branch, Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.15, Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.4, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0. Users are advised to upgrade to these fixed versions to mitigate the vulnerability (Liferay Advisory).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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