CVE-2025-43803 Liferay Contacts Center widget has insecure direct object reference
Remote attackers can view contact names and emails via IDOR in the Contacts Center widget, requiring upgrades to Liferay Portal or DXP.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43803?
CVE-2025-43803 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 19 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the Contacts Center widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.6, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to view contact information, including the contact’s name and email address, via the _com_liferay_contacts_web_portlet_ContactsCenterPortlet_entryId parameter.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43803?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.contacts.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.contacts.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.59 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.contacts.web Maven | All versions | 5.0.59 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43803?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.contacts.web to 5.0.59 or later.
Is CVE-2025-43803 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43803 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-8c8v-r5jj-4425.