CVE-2025-43763 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to SSRF through custom object attachment fields

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit SSRF in custom object attachments to make unauthorized requests to external resources, potentially accessing internal data.

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-2025-43763?

CVE-2025-43763 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 8 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exist in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.20 that affects custom object attachment fields. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the application into making unauthorized requests to other instances, creating new object entries that link to external resources.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43763?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service MavenAll versions1.0.208
com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service MavenAll versions1.0.208

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43763?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service to 1.0.208 or later.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2025-43763 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43763 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-477q-x55m-j38g.

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