CVE-2025-43783 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to Reflected XSS attack through get_editor path

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a specific portal comment path, potentially compromising user sessions.

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-2025-43783?

CVE-2025-43783 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 10 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 7.4.3.73 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.1, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12, 7.4 update 73 through update 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the /c/portal/comment/discussion/get_editor path.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43783?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web MavenFrom 5.0.765.0.102
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web MavenFrom 5.0.765.0.102

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43783?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web to 5.0.102 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-2025-43783 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43783 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jhgr-j9cj-8j62.

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