4.8
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-43800
Liferay Portal Liferay DXP Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Objects in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.20 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into an object with a rich text type field.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 15, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 15, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-43800 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 8b54e794-c6f0-462e-9faa-c1001a673ac3
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Apply vendor updates to fix the cross-site scripting vulnerability in rich text fields.
  • Update Liferay Portal to the latest version.
  • Apply available security patches from the vendor.
  • Sanitize all user-supplied input to rich text fields.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43800
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 15, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Objects in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.20 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into an object with a rich text type field.
    Added CVSS V4.0 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
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added Reference https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43800
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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.8
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