CVE-2025-43797

Sept. 16, 2025, 12:49 p.m.

5.3
Medium

Description

In Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions, the default membership type of a newly created site is “Open” which allows any registered users to become a member of the site. A remote attacker with site membership can potentially view, add or edit content on the site.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Liferay
  • Liferay Portal
  • Liferay Dxp
  • 7.1.0-7.4.3.111, 7.4, 7.3, *
  • 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1-2023.Q3.4

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-1188
Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a liferay liferay_portal 7.1.0-7.4.3.111 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_dxp 2023.Q4.0 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_dxp 2023.Q3.1-2023.Q3.4 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_portal 7.4 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_portal 7.3 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_portal / / / / / / / /

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43797

Tags

CWE-1188
security@liferay.com
2025-09-15
CVE-2025-43797

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/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

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 15, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 16, 2025, 12:49 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@liferay.com

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