CVE-2025-62239 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to XSS through its workflow process builder
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via workflow definitions in Liferay Portal, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.
- 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
What is CVE-2025-62239?
CVE-2025-62239 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 10 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in workflow process builder in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.21 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, and 7.4 update 21 through update 92 allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the crafted input in a workflow definition.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62239?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.kaleo.designer.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.kaleo.designer.web Maven | From 5.0.56 | 5.0.124 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.kaleo.designer.web Maven | From 5.0.56 | 5.0.124 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-62239?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.kaleo.designer.web to 5.0.124 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-2025-62239 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62239 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-xcvw-hh99-qm73.