CVE-2025-43797 Liferay has Insecure Default Initialization of Resource issue
Default open site membership allows registered users to view, add, or edit site content without proper authorization checks.
- 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-2025-43797?
CVE-2025-43797 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 15 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions, the default membership type of a newly created site is “Open” which allows any registered users to become a member of the site. A remote attacker with site membership can potentially view, add or edit content on the site.
Weakness: CWE-1188
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43797?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.111 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.111 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43797?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web to 5.0.111 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-43797 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43797 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-25m3-w28p-v3v3.