CVE-2025-62244 Liferay Publications vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Authenticated attackers can view unauthorized publication edit pages via IDOR in Liferay Portal and DXP.
- 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-2025-62244?
CVE-2025-62244 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 13 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
Insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability in Publications in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 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 GA through update 92, and 7.3 GA through update 36 allows remote authenticated attackers to view the edit page of a publication via the _com_liferay_change_tracking_web_portlet_PublicationsPortlet_ctCollectionId parameter.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62244?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.web Maven | All versions | 2.0.122 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.web Maven | All versions | 2.0.122 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-62244?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.change.tracking.web to 2.0.122 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-62244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62244 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-2hfj-jv6q-762v.