# CVE-2025-43786: Liferay Portal exposes ERC which can lead to exploit the time response attack > Attackers can enumerate existing ERCs in Liferay Portal by analyzing response times, potentially revealing sensitive application state information. - **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 9 Sep 2025 - **Updated:** 10 Sep 2025 - **Also known as:** GHSA-9p7x-8c57-4pqv ## What is CVE-2025-43786? CVE-2025-43786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 9 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim. ### Official description Enumeration of ERC from object entry in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 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, 2023.Q4.0 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allow attackers to determine existent ERC in the application by exploit the time response. Weakness: CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43786? 6 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl, com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl and com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api. It affects 2 products. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl` | Maven | From 5.0.4 | 5.0.83 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl` | Maven | From 5.0.4 | 5.0.83 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl` | Maven | From 5.0.7 | 5.0.127 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl` | Maven | From 5.0.7 | 5.0.127 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api` | Maven | From 7.0.1 | 11.0.1 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api` | Maven | From 7.0.1 | 11.0.1 | Products: Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal. ## How do I fix CVE-2025-43786? Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl to 5.0.83 or later. ## Is CVE-2025-43786 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43786 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-2025-43786 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2025-43786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 9 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-2025-43786 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected packages and fixed versions: - com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl (Maven): affected from 5.0.4; fixed in 5.0.83 - com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl (Maven): affected from 5.0.4; fixed in 5.0.83 - com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven): affected from 5.0.7; fixed in 5.0.127 - com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven): affected from 5.0.7; fixed in 5.0.127 - com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api (Maven): affected from 7.0.1; fixed in 11.0.1 - com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api (Maven): affected from 7.0.1; fixed in 11.0.1 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-2025-43786/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43786/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43786 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43786 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43786 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43786/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.