CVE-2025-62257 Liferay Portal vulnerable to password enumeration
Remote attackers can enumerate user passwords via brute force, bypassing account lockout mechanisms in Liferay Portal and DXP.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-62257?
CVE-2025-62257 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 29 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Password enumeration vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to determine a user’s password even if account lockout is enabled via brute force attack.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62257?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.120 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.120 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-62257?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.120 or later.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-62257 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62257 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-8hw3-ghwv-crfh.