CVE-2025-62259 Liferay Portal Does Not Limit Access to APIs Before Email Verification
Remote attackers can access and edit content via APIs before email verification due to missing authorization checks in Liferay Portal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-62259?
CVE-2025-62259 is a medium-severity missing authorization 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
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.109, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions does not limit access to APIs before a user has verified their email address, which allows remote users to access and edit content via the API.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62259?
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 | 7.4.3.110 |
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.110 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-62259?
Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.110 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-62259 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62259 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-gv7w-jh8g-vr73.