Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2025 · Assigned by Liferay

CVE-2025-43737

Medium 5.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting 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 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8 and 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15 allows a remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript code via _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_backURL parameter.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web	5.0.196	GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Liferay	Portal	7.4.3.132
Liferay	DXP	2025.Q1.0 – through 2025.Q1.152025.Q2.0 – through 2025.Q2.8

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43737