CVE-2025-43737
EPSS 0.04%Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via backURL Paramter
Published: 8/19/2025Modified: 8/20/2025
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 (1)
- Maven/com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.webfrom 0, < 5.0.196
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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/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 |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43737
- PATCHhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/eded63b8822923f9392d94ba1818beb63629b79f
- WEBhttps://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-18292
- WEBhttps://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43737