# CVE-2025-43779: Cross-site scripting in DXP

> Remote authenticated attackers can inject JavaScript via a product definition parameter, leading to script execution in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-687m-mwvq-fx42

## What is CVE-2025-43779?

CVE-2025-43779 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 24 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.112, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.18 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript code via _com_liferay_commerce_product_definitions_web_internal_portlet_CPDefinitionsPortlet_productTypeName parameter. This malicious payload is then reflected and executed within the user's browser.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43779?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-43779?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43779 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-43779 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

- [CVE-2024-8980](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8980/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-42496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42496/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-42498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42498/): Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-25147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25147/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-26269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26269/): Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43779 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-43779 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 24 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43779 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Liferay Digital Experience Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43779/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43779
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43779
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43779

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43779/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.