Liferay Portal vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

published 2025-09-15 13 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also GHSA-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5 , EUVD-2025-29222

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits: 0; none known

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a "Rich Text" type field to (1) a web content structure, (2) a Documents and Media Document Type , or (3) custom assets that uses the Data Engine's module Rich Text field.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3

maven com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.form.field.type 6.0.167
liferay digital_experience_platform 2023.q3.5
liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.112

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 13 mo ago (2025-09-15)

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	4.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	4.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.liferay:com.liferay.dynamic.data.mapping.form.field.type	<6.0.167	6.0.167

Affected products

Liferay Portal
Liferay DXP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

liferay.dev /portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43791
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43791
advisory
github.com /liferay/liferay-portal
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary