# CVE-2025-62261: Liferay Portal Stores Password Reset Tokens in Plain Text

> Attackers with database access can read plain-text password reset tokens to take over user accounts in Liferay Portal.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xcj6-xpjg-c4xr

## What is CVE-2025-62261?

CVE-2025-62261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 27 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.99, 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 34, and older unsupported versions stores password reset tokens in plain text, which allows attackers with access to the database to obtain the token, reset a user’s password and take over the user’s account.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62261?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl and com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl` | Maven | All versions | 92.0.2 |
| `com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl` | Maven | All versions | 92.0.2 |
| `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` | Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.100 |
| `com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom` | Maven | From 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.100 |

Products: Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-62261?

Upgrade com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 92.0.2 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-62261 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62261 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Digital Experience Platform

- [CVE-2024-8980](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8980/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to CSRF in the Script Console (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-42496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42496/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-42498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42498/): Liferay Portal Language Override edit screen and Liferay DXP vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-25147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25147/): Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-26269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26269/): Liferay Portal Frontend JS module's portlet.js and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-62261 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-62261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 27 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62261 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 92.0.2
- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 92.0.2
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): affected from 7.4.0-ga1; fixed in 7.4.3.100
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): affected from 7.4.0-ga1; fixed in 7.4.3.100

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62261/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62261/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62261
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62261
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62261

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62261/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.