CVE-2025-62253 Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Open Redirect via the _com_liferay_layout_admin_web_portlet_GroupPagesPortlet_redirect parameter
Remote attackers can redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via a specific parameter in Liferay Portal page administration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-62253?
CVE-2025-62253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 27 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Open redirect vulnerability in page administration in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.97, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary external URLs via the _com_liferay_layout_admin_web_portlet_GroupPagesPortlet_redirect parameter.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62253?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web Maven | From 5.0.8 | 5.0.157 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web Maven | From 5.0.8 | 5.0.157 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-62253?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web to 5.0.157 or later.
Is CVE-2025-62253 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62253 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-2pwh-9q9q-5r9c.