CVE-2025-43827 Liferay Portal Vulnerable to IDOR via audit events
Authenticated users can view audit events from other virtual instances by manipulating the audit event ID parameter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43827?
CVE-2025-43827 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 30 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability with audit events in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.117, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote authenticated users to from one virtual instance to view the audit events from a different virtual instance via the _com_liferay_portal_security_audit_web_portlet_AuditPortlet_auditEventId parameter.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43827?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.storage.service and com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.storage.service Maven | From 6.0.4 | 6.0.41 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.storage.service Maven | From 6.0.4 | 6.0.41 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.web Maven | From 5.0.1 | 5.0.33 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.web Maven | From 5.0.1 | 5.0.33 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43827?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.storage.service to 6.0.41 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-43827 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43827 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-pw86-qvx9-34r7.