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CVE-2025-43748: Insufficient CSRF protection for omni-administrator users in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.119, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through…

HighCVSS 7.1 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
Fixed version: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) 7.4.3.120-ga120.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) 7.4.3.120-ga120 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Insufficient CSRF protection for omni-administrator users in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.119, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.6, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.9, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.9, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 36, and older unsupported versions allows attackers to execute Cross-Site Request Forgery

CSRF

GHSA-p9gc-59hf-x48p

Published: Aug 20, 2025
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.1% · 7th percentile
CWE: CWE-352

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · Liferay: 7.1; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
liferay	digital experience platform	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform
liferay	liferay portal	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Liferay). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Liferay DXP
- 6.2.0 and later · up to and including portal-173affected · maven
- 7.0.10 and later · up to and including de-102affected · maven
- 7.1.10 and later · up to and including dxp-28affected · maven
- 7.2.10 and later · up to and including dxp-20affected · maven
- 7.3.10 and later · up to and including 7.3.10-u36affected · maven
- 7.4.13 and later · up to and including 7.4.13-u92affected · maven
- 2023.Q3.1 and later · up to and including 2023.Q3.9affected · maven
- 2023.Q4.0 and later · up to and including 2023.Q4.9affected · maven
- 2024.Q1.1 and later · up to and including 2024.Q1.6affected · maven
Liferay Portal
- 7.0.0 and later · up to and including 7.4.3.119affected · maven

Affected versions · NVD (6)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

liferay digital experience platform7.0 and later · up to 7.4 inclusive
liferay digital experience platform2023.Q3.1 and later · up to 2023.Q3.9 inclusive
liferay digital experience platform2023.Q4.0 and later · up to 2023.Q4.9 inclusive
liferay digital experience platform2024.Q1.1 and later · before 2024.Q1.7
liferay liferay portal7.0.0 and later · before 7.4.3.120
liferay liferay portal6.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Maven	com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom	from 7.0.0-a1 · before 7.4.3.120-ga120	7.4.3.120-ga120

Same product

liferay: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2024-38002The workflow component in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8…
37Monitor
CVE-2024-26273Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the content page editor in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.103, and Liferay DXP…
35Monitor
CVE-2024-26272Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the content page editor in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.107, and Liferay DXP…
35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-43749Aug 20, 2025 · Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.1, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.
21Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-43750Aug 20, 2025 · Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.1, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.
20Monitor
Later →CVE-2025-43746Aug 20, 2025 · A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through…
20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Maven:com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom	7.4.3.120-ga120	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2024-26271302 days apartCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the My Account widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.75 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.
35Monitor
CVE-2024-26272302 days apartCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the content page editor in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.107, and Liferay DXP…
35Monitor
CVE-2024-26273302 days apartCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the content page editor in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.103, and Liferay DXP…
35Monitor
CVE-2025-6225868 days apartCSRF vulnerability in Headless API in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.107, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through…
28Monitor
CVE-2025-437451 days apartA CSRF vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.7, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.14…
27Monitor
CVE-2024-8980302 days apartThe Script Console in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA…
24Monitor

Bug bounty scope

Liferay VDPIntigriti · disclosure only (VDP)

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: High
Privileges required: High
User interaction: A
Scope: X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

State-changing requests rely on the session cookie the browser sends automatically; nothing verifies that the request came from the user’s own page.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-352 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true } }));
2app.post("/account/address", updateAddress);

Fixed

1app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" } }));
2app.post("/account/address", csrfProtection, updateAddress);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log (1)

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

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References

liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43748

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