CVE-2025-43813 Liferay Portal vulnerable to path traversal and denial-of-service in the ComboServlet
Remote attackers can access arbitrary CSS and JSS files and cause denial of service via path traversal in Liferay Portal's ComboServlet.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43813?
CVE-2025-43813 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 29 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Possible path traversal vulnerability and denial-of-service in the ComboServlet in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.107, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.4, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to access arbitrary CSS and JSS files and load the files multiple times via the query string in a URL.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43813?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl and com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl Maven | All versions | 96.0.0 |
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl Maven | All versions | 96.0.0 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.108-ga108 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.108-ga108 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43813?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 96.0.0 or later.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-43813 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43813 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-2hm7-r8f3-423h.