{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web. It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43737 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web to 5.0.196 or later.","what":"CVE-2025-43737 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 19 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43737 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-43737 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 19 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43737 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 5.0.196\n- com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 5.0.196\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43737/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43737/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-43737","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43737/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-43737","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Liferay Portal","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Remote authenticated users can inject JavaScript via the backURL parameter in Liferay Portal, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Liferay","cpe":[{"product":"digital_experience_platform","vendor":"liferay"},{"product":"liferay_portal","vendor":"liferay"}],"cvss":{"score":5.1,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8 and 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15 allows a remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript code via _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_backURL parameter.","ecosystems":["Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via backURL Paramter","id":"CVE-2025-43737","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":"liferay:digital_experience_platform","products":["liferay:digital_experience_platform","liferay:liferay_portal"],"type":"xss","year":"2025"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Liferay Portal Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in displayType Parameter","id":"CVE-2025-43738"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.0.196"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["5.0.196"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web","purl":"pkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.journal.web","source":"GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96"}],"prev":{"headline":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-43736"},"products":["DXP","Portal"],"published":"2025-08-19","related":[{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console","id":"CVE-2024-8980","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-22"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting","id":"CVE-2023-42496","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-21"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting","id":"CVE-2023-42498","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-21"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting","id":"CVE-2024-25147","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-21"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting","id":"CVE-2024-26269","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-21"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Liferay Portal stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-25145","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-07"},{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the Export for Translation Page","id":"CVE-2023-42497","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-17"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-08-19","vendors":["Liferay"]},"summary":"Remote authenticated users can inject JavaScript via the backURL parameter in Liferay Portal, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43737/"}