CVE-2025-43736 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability
Attackers can degrade Liferay Portal performance by uploading oversized profile pictures, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43736?
CVE-2025-43736 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.8, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.16 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows a user to upload more than 300kb profile picture into the user profile. This size more than the noted max 300kb size. This extra amount of data can make Liferay slower.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43736?
22 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom and com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions to 7.4.13.u92 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | All versions to 7.4.13.u92 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q1.0 | 2024.Q1.17 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q1.0 | 2024.Q1.17 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q2.0 to 2024.Q2.13 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q2.0 to 2024.Q2.13 | None |
16 more packages
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q3.0 to 2024.Q3.13 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q3.0 to 2024.Q3.13 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q4.0 to 2024.Q4.7 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q4.0 to 2024.Q4.7 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2025.Q1.0 | 2025.Q1.9 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2025.Q1.0 | 2025.Q1.9 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.3.0 to 7.4.3.132 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.3.0 to 7.4.3.132 | None |
com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web Maven | All versions | 2.0.138 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web Maven | All versions | 2.0.138 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib Maven | All versions | 13.10.0 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib Maven | All versions | 13.10.0 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.56 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.56 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web Maven | All versions | 11.0.27 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web Maven | All versions | 11.0.27 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43736?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 2024.Q1.17 or 2025.Q1.9.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-43736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43736 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-cg99-m88x-422c.