CVE-2025-43807 Liferay has a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via a a publication’s “Name” text field

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script via the notifications widget's publication name field, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

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-2025-43807?

CVE-2025-43807 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 22 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 the notifications widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.112, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.8, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a publication’s “Name” text field.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43807?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.service. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.service MavenAll versions3.0.91
com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.service MavenAll versions3.0.91

Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43807?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.service to 3.0.91 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-2025-43807 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43807 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Liferay Digital Experience Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jh9h-8xf2-25wj.

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