CVE-2025-43781 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to XSS attack through its search bar portlet
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search bar portlet URL in Liferay Portal and DXP.
- 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-2025-43781?
CVE-2025-43781 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 9 Sep 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
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.110 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.8, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL in search bar portlet
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43781?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web Maven | From 6.0.125 | 6.0.143 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web Maven | From 6.0.125 | 6.0.143 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43781?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search.web to 6.0.143 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-2025-43781 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43781 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-x5fw-8xgx-q6c9.