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Liferay DXP CVE-2025-62240

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2025-10-09 security@liferay.com
4.8
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: liferay
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privileged Liferay user
  2. Delivery
    Inject script payload into First/Middle/Last Name field
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens Calendar event rendering the name
  4. Execution
    Stored XSS executes in victim browser
  5. Impact
    Session/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.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – 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

maven com.liferay:com.liferay.calendar.web fix: 5.0.88

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in maven

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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

Vendor (liferay) PRIMARY 4.8 MEDIUM
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
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

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.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (liferay).

CVSS VectorVendor: liferay

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Active
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

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

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise portal/DXP, common in some sectors but not everywhere
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

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.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

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