CVE-2025-43748 Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

High 7.1 Published Updated

Attackers can perform Cross-Site Request Forgery against Liferay Portal administrators, bypassing security controls.

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-2025-43748?

CVE-2025-43748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 20 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient CSRF protection for omni-administrator users in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.119, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.6, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.9, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.9, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 36, and older unsupported versions allows attackers to execute Cross-Site Request Forgery

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43748?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom MavenFrom 7.0.0-a17.4.3.120-ga120
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom MavenFrom 7.0.0-a17.4.3.120-ga120

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43748?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.120-ga120 or later.

Is CVE-2025-43748 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p9gc-59hf-x48p.

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