# CVE-2025-43795: Liferay Portal's System, Instance and Site Settings are vulnerable to Open Redirect > Remote attackers can redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via specific parameters in Liferay Portal settings, potentially facilitating phishing attacks. - **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/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:** A user has to click or open something - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 12 Sep 2025 - **Updated:** 12 Sep 2025 - **Also known as:** GHSA-m55r-9fx8-725j ## What is CVE-2025-43795? CVE-2025-43795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 12 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link. ### Official description Open redirect vulnerability in the System Settings in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 , 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the _com_liferay_configuration_admin_web_portlet_SystemSettingsPortlet_redirect parameter. Open redirect vulnerability in the Instance Settings in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 , 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the _com_liferay_configuration_admin_web_portlet_InstanceSettingsPortlet_redirect parameter. Open redirect vulnerability in the Site Settings in Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 , 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the _com_liferay_site_admin_web_portlet_SiteSettingsPortlet_redirect parameter. Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43795? 4 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.configuration.admin.web and com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web. It affects 2 products. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.configuration.admin.web` | Maven | From 2.0.7 | 5.0.76 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.configuration.admin.web` | Maven | From 2.0.7 | 5.0.76 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web` | Maven | From 2.0.4 | 5.0.103 | | `com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web` | Maven | From 2.0.4 | 5.0.103 | Products: Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal. ## How do I fix CVE-2025-43795? Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.configuration.admin.web to 5.0.76 or later. ## Is CVE-2025-43795 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43795 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-2025-43795 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2025-43795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 12 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43795 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected packages and fixed versions: - com.liferay:com.liferay.configuration.admin.web (Maven): affected from 2.0.7; fixed in 5.0.76 - com.liferay:com.liferay.configuration.admin.web (Maven): affected from 2.0.7; fixed in 5.0.76 - com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web (Maven): affected from 2.0.4; fixed in 5.0.103 - com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web (Maven): affected from 2.0.4; fixed in 5.0.103 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-2025-43795/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43795/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43795 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43795 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43795 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43795/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.