CVE-2025-43769 Liferay Portal vulnerable to Stored XSS in Components portlet

Medium 4.6 Published 23 Aug 2025 Updated 25 Aug 2025

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary web scripts via the components tab in Liferay Portal and DXP.

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-2025-43769?

CVE-2025-43769 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 23 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.8, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via components tab.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43769?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.plugins.admin.web. It affects 2 products.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`com.liferay:com.liferay.plugins.admin.web` Maven	All versions	`5.0.36`
`com.liferay:com.liferay.plugins.admin.web` Maven	All versions	`5.0.36`

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43769?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.plugins.admin.web to 5.0.36 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-43769 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43769 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-rvmf-jw8g-r35r.