CVE-2025-43813

Sept. 29, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

6.9
Medium

Description

Possible path traversal vulnerability and denial-of-service in the ComboServlet in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.107, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.4, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to access arbitrary CSS and JSS files and load the files multiple times via the query string in a URL.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Liferay
  • Liferay Portal
  • Liferay Dxp
  • 7.4.0-7.4.3.107, 7.4, 7.3
  • 2023.Q4.0-2023.Q4.4, 2023.Q3.1-2023.Q3.8

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

*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 7.4.0-7.4.3.107 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_dxp 2023.Q4.0-2023.Q4.4 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_dxp 2023.Q3.1-2023.Q3.8 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_portal 7.4 / / / / / / /
a liferay liferay_portal 7.3 / / / / / / /

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43813

Tags

CWE-22
security@liferay.com
2025-09-29
CVE-2025-43813

CVSS Score

6.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

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

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/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. 29, 2025, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 29, 2025, 11:15 p.m.

Status : Received

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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