Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2025 · Assigned by Liferay
CVE-2025-43736
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits 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 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.8, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.16 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows a user to upload more than 300kb profile picture into the user profile. This size more than the noted max 300kb size. This extra amount of data can make Liferay slower.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | no fix listed | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | 2025.Q1.9 | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | no fix listed | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | no fix listed | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | no fix listed | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom | 2024.Q1.17 | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | no fix listed | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web | 2.0.138 | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib | 13.10.0 | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web | 5.0.56 | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
| Maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web | 11.0.27 | GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · 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/RE:L