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CVE-2025-43790: 
Java vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability was discovered in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP, identified as CVE-2025-43790. The vulnerability affects multiple versions including Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.124, Liferay DXP 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.6, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA through update 92. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 15, 2025 (Liferay Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) issue with a CVSS v4.0 score of 7.4 (HIGH). The technical assessment shows the following vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows remote authenticated users from one virtual instance to access, create, edit, and relate data/object entries/definitions to objects in different virtual instances, potentially leading to unauthorized access and modification of data across instance boundaries (Liferay Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.124, Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.13, Liferay DXP 2024.Q2.7, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.0. Users are advised to upgrade to these fixed versions to mitigate the vulnerability (Liferay Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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