CVE-2025-43824 Liferay Profile Widget does not prevent vCard extension spoofing
Authenticated users can inject malicious content via vCard downloads by manipulating file extensions in the Content-Disposition header.
- 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-2025-43824?
CVE-2025-43824 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 6 Oct 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
The Profile widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions uses a user’s name in the “Content-Disposition” header, which allows remote authenticated users to change the file extension when a vCard file is downloaded.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43824?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.112-ga112 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.112-ga112 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43824?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.112-ga112 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-2025-43824 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43824 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-pfxj-gvqg-mj44.