CVE-2025-43802 Liferay Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the externalReferenceCode parameter in Liferay Portal's custom object API endpoint.
- 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-2025-43802?
CVE-2025-43802 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
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in a custom object’s /o/c/<object-name> API endpoint in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.51 through 7.4.3.109, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 update 51 through update 92, and 7.3 update 33 through update 35. allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the externalReferenceCode parameter.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43802?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.workspace:com.liferay.ticket.workspace. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.workspace:com.liferay.ticket.workspace Maven | All versions | 20240122.0632 |
com.liferay.workspace:com.liferay.ticket.workspace Maven | All versions | 20240122.0632 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43802?
Upgrade com.liferay.workspace:com.liferay.ticket.workspace to 20240122.0632 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-2025-43802 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43802 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-vg6h-g5mr-9hgv.