CVE-2025-43739 Liferay Portal Email Modification Vulnerability via Calendar Portlet
Authenticated users can modify email content in the calendar portlet to send phishing emails to other users within the same organization.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43739?
CVE-2025-43739 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 19 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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.Q1.6, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 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 allow any authenticated user to modify the content of emails sent through the calendar portlet, allowing an attacker to send phishing emails to any other user in the same organization.
Weakness: CWE-203
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43739?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.calendar.service. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.calendar.service Maven | All versions | 6.0.83 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.calendar.service Maven | All versions | 6.0.83 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43739?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.calendar.service to 6.0.83 or later.
Is CVE-2025-43739 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43739 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-7mxq-h2r7-h449.