CVE-2025-43732 Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference
An organization administrator can access user lists from other organizations by manipulating the groupId parameter, leading to unauthorized data disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43732?
CVE-2025-43732 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 18 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.10, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.17 and 7.4 GA through update 92 is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the groupId parameter of the _com_liferay_roles_selector_web_portlet_RolesSelectorPortlet_groupId. When an organization administrator modifies this parameter id value, they can gain unauthorized access to user lists from other organizations.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43732?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.32 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.32 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43732?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web to 5.0.32 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-43732 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43732 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform
- CVE-2024-8980 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console
- CVE-2023-42496 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2023-42498 Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-25147 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
- CVE-2024-26269 Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v6xr-v2qg-h22h.