CVE-2025-62267 Liferay Portal and DXP affected by multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in web content template’s select structure page
Remote attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via user name fields in Liferay Portal, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-62267?
CVE-2025-62267 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform, published on 31 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in web content template’s select structure page in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.35 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 update 35 through update 92 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a user’s (1) First Name, (2) Middle Name, or (3) Last Name text field.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62267?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.item.selector.web. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.item.selector.web Maven | All versions | 1.0.9 |
com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.item.selector.web Maven | All versions | 1.0.9 |
Products include Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2025-62267?
Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.item.selector.web to 1.0.9 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-2025-62267 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62267 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-q285-wfpg-93hr.