How to fix CVE-2025-43761?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is Digital Experience Platform affected by CVE-2025-43761?

Organizations using the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 should be aware of notable risk from CVE-2025-43761, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 6.9. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users.

CVE-2025-43761

MEDIUM

2025-08-22 [email protected]

6.9

CVSS 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch Released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:08 vuln.today

CVE Published

Aug 22, 2025 - 21:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.9

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.4, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote non-authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript into the frontend-editor-ckeditor-web/ckeditor/samples/old/ajax.html path

Analysis

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.4, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.4, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote non-authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript into the frontend-editor-ckeditor-web/ckeditor/samples/old/ajax.html path Affected products include: Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal. Version information: through 7.4.3.131.

Affected Products

Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Liferay Portal.

Remediation

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.0

CVSS: +34

POC: 0

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