CVE-2025-43788 Liferay Portal's Organization Selector exposes organization data to remote authenticated users
Authenticated users can bypass permission checks to view all organizations in Liferay Portal and DXP.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43788?
CVE-2025-43788 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 12 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The organization selector in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.124, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 update 81 through update 85 does not check user permission, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain a list of all organizations.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43788?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.organizations.item.selector.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.organizations.item.selector.web Maven | From 4.0.2 | 4.0.22 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.organizations.item.selector.web Maven | From 4.0.2 | 4.0.22 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43788?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.organizations.item.selector.web to 4.0.22 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-43788 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43788 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-v53g-736w-mgw4.