CVE-2025-43790 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) attack through Authentication Bypass
Authenticated users can access and modify data across different virtual instances due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43790?
CVE-2025-43790 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 11 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.124, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.6, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote authenticated users to from one virtual instance to access, create, edit, relate data/object entries/definitions to an object in a different virtual instance.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43790?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service Maven | All versions | 1.0.197 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service Maven | All versions | 1.0.197 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43790?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service to 1.0.197 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-43790 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43790 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-5wxc-3jfw-w94p.