CVE-2025-43798 Liferay DXP Missing Critical Step in Authentication
Attackers can reuse TOTP codes to authenticate as users, leading to account takeover in Liferay DXP.
- 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
What is CVE-2025-43798?
CVE-2025-43798 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 15 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
Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 35 allows a time-based one-time password (TOTP) to be used multiple times during the validity period, which allows attackers with access to a user’s TOTP to authenticate as the user.
Weakness: CWE-304
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43798?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.multi.factor.authentication.timebased.otp.web. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.multi.factor.authentication.timebased.otp.web Maven | All versions | 2.0.25 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.multi.factor.authentication.timebased.otp.web Maven | All versions | 2.0.25 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43798?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.multi.factor.authentication.timebased.otp.web to 2.0.25 or later.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-43798 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43798 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-4p5r-3jmm-652q.