Liferay DXP CVE-2025-62240
MEDIUMAttack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged Liferay user
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DeliveryInject script payload into First/Middle/Last Name field
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ExploitVictim opens Calendar event rendering the name
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ExecutionStored XSS executes in victim browser
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ImpactSession/data theft in victim context
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated Liferay account with the ability to edit one's own First, Middle, or Last Name (PR:L), and the injected payload only fires when another user actively views a Calendar event that renders the attacker's name (UI:A). The affected deployments are Liferay Portal 7.4.3.35 through 7.4.3.111 and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0-2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1-2023.Q3.7, 7.4 update 35-92, and 7.3 update 25-36. Limiting factors: this is stored XSS confined to the Calendar events feature, impact is scoped to the victim's browser/session rather than the server, required victim interaction gates the attack, and the attacker must already hold a (low-privileged) account, so anonymous/unauthenticated exploitation is not possible. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely medium/low-priority issue rather than a high-urgency one, and the signals are internally consistent. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N) yields only 4.8, reflecting that exploitation requires an authenticated account (PR:L) plus active victim interaction (UI:A) and produces only Low confidentiality/integrity impact with no availability impact - hallmarks of a stored XSS, not a server compromise. EPSS corroborates the low urgency at 0.22% (12th percentile), indicating a low modeled probability of exploitation in the near term. The CVE is NOT on CISA KEV and no public exploit code was provided in the input, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' There is no SSVC decision data in the input. No signals conflict: a self-service field (user's own name) feeding stored XSS is a believable but relatively constrained vector, and all indicators (low CVSS, low EPSS, no KEV, no POC) point the same direction. The main caveat is reach - because the malicious name renders in Calendar events seen by other users, a low-privileged insider could target higher-privileged viewers, so treat it as a patch-in-normal-cycle item rather than an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated low-privileged user sets a crafted script payload as their First, Middle, or Last Name. When another user - potentially an administrator - views a Calendar event associated with that user, the stored script executes in the victim's browser session in the context of the Liferay application. No public proof-of-concept exploit was provided in the input. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 18, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in Liferay DXP and Liferay Portal allows an authenticated low-privileged user to inject script or HTML into their First, Middle, or Last Name fields, which executes when another user views a Calendar event that renders the attacker's name. Affected deployments include Liferay Portal 7.4.3.35 through 7.4.3.111 and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.7, 7.4 update 35 through update 92, and 7.3 update 25 through update 36. Exploitation requires victim interaction and an existing account, impact is scoped to the victim's browser session, EPSS is low at 0.22 percent, and no public exploit or CISA KEV entry was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No exact fixed version is specified in the provided data, so consult Liferay's advisory at https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-62240 and upgrade affected Portal and DXP installations to the release it identifies as fixed. Until patched, restrict the ability to edit First, Middle, and Last Name fields to trusted administrators or provision names through an administrative process, accepting the loss of self-service profile editing; ensure Calendar event views HTML-encode or sanitize these name fields, noting that aggressive sanitization may alter legitimate names; and deploy a Content Security Policy that blocks inline script execution, with the trade-off that some legacy Calendar widgets may require script allowlisting. Review existing Calendar event content and user name fields for suspicious markup and monitor for repeated injection attempts.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This is a stored cross-site scripting issue (CWE-79) in Liferay's Calendar event rendering path: user-controlled profile name fields are persisted and later rendered in Calendar event views without sufficient output encoding or sanitization. The CPE data maps the affected software to liferay:digital_experience_platform, including 7.3 update25 through update32 entries that align with the stated 7.3 update 25 through update 36 range and broader wildcard DXP entries. The assessed CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, meaning an authenticated attacker with permission to edit their own name can cause script execution in another user's browser when that user actively views a Calendar event; it does not imply server compromise, anonymous exploitation, or autonomous propagation.
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Severity by source
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
Authenticated account needed to set the name field (PR:L); victim must view the event (UI:R); stored XSS executes in the victim's browser context (S:C) with limited C/I and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (liferay).
CVSS VectorVendor: liferay
DescriptionCVE.org
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities with Calendar events in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.35 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.7, 7.4 update 35 through update 92, and 7.3 update 25 through update 36 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.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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