CVE-2025-43830 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to Stored XSS through Forms text type field
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted payloads in rich text form fields, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-43830?
CVE-2025-43830 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 8 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Forms in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, and 7.3 GA through update 35 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a form with a rich text type field.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43830?
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 7.3.2 | 7.4.3.112-ga112 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.3.2 | 7.4.3.112-ga112 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43830?
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-2025-43830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43830 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-378f-8q54-3fqx.