Vulnerability · Published Oct 23, 2025 · Assigned by Liferay

CVE-2025-62254

Medium 6.9

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in DXP from Liferay. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The ComboServlet in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.2, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.5, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions does not limit the number or size of the files it will combine, which allows remote attackers to create very large responses that lead to a denial of service attack via the URL query string.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavencom.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl97.0.0GHSA-q95h-87j6-273x

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 – through 7.4.3.111
Liferay DXP 7.3.10 – through 7.3.10-u357.4.13 – through 7.4.13-u922023.Q3.1 – through 2023.Q3.52023.Q4.0 – through 2023.Q4.2

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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