CVE-2025-43785 Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary web scripts via stored XSS in the My Workflow Tasks page of Liferay Portal.
- 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-2025-43785?
CVE-2025-43785 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 10 Sep 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 7.4.3.45 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024 Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.9, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12, and 7.4 update 45 through update 92 allows remote attackers to execute an arbitrary web script or HTML in the My Workflow Tasks page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43785?
10 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom and com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.task.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q1.1 | 2024.Q1.13 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q1.1 | 2024.Q1.13 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q2.0 | 2024.Q3.0 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 2024.Q2.0 | 2024.Q3.0 |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.13.u14 to 7.4.13.u92 | None |
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom Maven | From 7.4.13.u14 to 7.4.13.u92 | None |
4 more packages
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.3.45 | 7.4.3.129 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.3.45 | 7.4.3.129 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.task.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.75 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.task.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.75 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43785?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to a fixed version for your release line: 2024.Q1.13 or 2024.Q3.0.
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-2025-43785 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43785 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-66x6-8jgv-qpfh.