CVE-2025-43731 (GCVE-0-2025-43731)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-18 18:20
Modified
2025-08-18 18:37
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.8, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 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 an remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript in message board threads and categories.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Liferay Portal Version: 7.4.0
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   Liferay DXP Version: 7.4.13
Version: 2024.Q1.1
Version: 2024Q2.0
Version: 2024.Q3.1
Version: 2024.Q4.0
Version: 2025.Q1.0
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