CVE-2025-43738

Medium

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.19 allows a remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript code via _com_liferay_expando_web_portlet_ExpandoPortlet_displayType parameter.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductLiferay Portal
PublishedAug 19, 2025
First seenAug 19, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • liferay digital_experience_platform2024.q1.20, 2025.Q1.16, 2025.Q2.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
liferay liferay_portal7.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.4.3.132—
liferay digital_experience_platform2024.q1.1 ≤ v < 2024.q1.20, 2024.Q2.1 ≤ v ≤ 2024.Q2.13, 2024.q3.1 ≤ v ≤ 2024.q3.13, 2024.q4.0 ≤ v ≤ 2024.q4.7, 2025.Q1.0 ≤ v < 2025.Q1.16, 2025.Q2.0 ≤ v < 2025.Q2.92024.q1.20, 2025.Q1.16, 2025.Q2.9
com.liferay:com.liferay.expando.webMavenv ≤ 5.0.59—

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