CVE-2025-43789 Liferay Portal JSON Web Services Direct Class Invocation Enables Service Access Policy Execution
Attackers can bypass Service Access Policies by directly invoking registered JSON Web Services classes in Liferay Portal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43789?
CVE-2025-43789 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 12 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
JSON Web Services in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.9, 7.4 GA through update 92 published to OSGi are registered and invoked directly as classes which allows Service Access Policies get executed.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43789?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.comment.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.comment.web Maven | From 6.0.2 | 6.1.4 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.comment.web Maven | From 6.0.2 | 6.1.4 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43789?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.comment.web to 6.1.4 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-43789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43789 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-q86r-gwqc-jx85.