CVE-2025-43785
Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-43785 affects Liferay Portal versions 7.4.3.45 through 7.4.3.125 and Liferay DXP versions from 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q2.9. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 10, 2025 (Liferay Dev).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML in the My Workflow Tasks page. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v4.0 score of 4.6 with the following vector: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N, indicating a moderate severity level (Liferay Dev).

Impact

The vulnerability enables attackers to inject and store malicious scripts that can be executed when users access the My Workflow Tasks page, potentially leading to compromised user sessions and data exposure (Liferay Dev).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in Liferay Portal version 7.4.3.129 and Liferay DXP versions 2024.Q1.13, 2024.Q3.0, and 2024.Q4.0. Users are advised to upgrade to these fixed versions to mitigate the vulnerability (Liferay Dev).

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