# CVE-2025-4599: Cross-site scripting in DXP

> Remote attackers can inject JavaScript via postMessage in fragment previews, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.

- **Severity:** Low 2.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6mh8-4qwq-prc5

## What is CVE-2025-4599?

CVE-2025-4599 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 4 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The fragment preview functionality in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.61 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.1 through 2024.Q4.5, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.13 and 7.4 update 61 through update 92 was found to be vulnerable to postMessage-based XSS because it allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript into the fragment portlet URL.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4599?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4599?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4599 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4599 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4599 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

- [CVE-2024-8980](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8980/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-42496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42496/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-42498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42498/): Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-25147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25147/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-26269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26269/): Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4599 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4599 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 4 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4599 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Liferay Digital Experience Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4599/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4599/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4599
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4599
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4599

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4599/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.