CVE-2025-43791 Liferay Portal vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted payloads in Rich Text fields, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.
- 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-2025-43791?
CVE-2025-43791 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 15 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
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a "Rich Text" type field to (1) a web content structure, (2) a Documents and Media Document Type , or (3) custom assets that uses the Data Engine's module Rich Text field.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43791?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.form.field.type. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.form.field.type Maven | All versions | 6.0.167 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.form.field.type Maven | All versions | 6.0.167 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43791?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.form.field.type to 6.0.167 or later.
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-2025-43791 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43791 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-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5.