CVE-2025-62246 Liferay Mentions Web is Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via user name fields in various Liferay Portal widgets, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.
- 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-2025-62246?
CVE-2025-62246 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting 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
Multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a user’s first, middle or last name text field to (1) page comments widget, (2) blog entry comments, (3) document and media document comments, (4) message board messages, (5) wiki page comments or (6) other widgets/apps that supports mentions.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62246?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.mentions.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.mentions.web Maven | All versions | 6.0.35 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.mentions.web Maven | All versions | 6.0.35 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-62246?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.mentions.web to 6.0.35 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-2025-62246 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62246 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-mj68-2xr5-28xh.