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CVE-2025-43771: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Notifications widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.102 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay D

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

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: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: com.liferay:com.liferay.flags.web (Maven) 6.0.24.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to com.liferay:com.liferay.flags.web (Maven) 6.0.24 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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Notifications widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.102 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5 and 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into (1) a user’s “First Name” text field, (2) a user’s “Middle Name” text field, (3) a user’s “Last Name” text field, (4) the “Other Reason” text field when flagging content, or (5) the name of the flagged content.

MediumCVSS 4.8 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

GHSA-q8fj-76q7-4p7h

Published: Oct 8, 2025
Updated: Oct 18, 2026
EPSS: 0.2% · 10th percentile
CWE: CWE-79

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · Liferay: 4.8; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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

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Affected versions

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

liferay digital experience platform2023.Q3.1 and later · before 2023.Q3.4
liferay digital experience platform2023.q4.0 and later · before 2023.q4.6
liferay liferay portal7.4.3.102 and later · before 7.4.3.112

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
- 2023.Q3.1 and later · up to and including 2023.Q3.10affected · maven
- 2023.Q4.0 and later · up to and including 2023.Q4.5affected · maven
Liferay Portal
- 7.4.3.102 and later · up to and including 7.4.3.111affected · maven

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:com.liferay.flags.web	from 6.0.23 · before 6.0.24	6.0.24

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,
35Monitor
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 2023.Q
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 2023.Q
35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-43829Oct 8, 2025 · Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in diagram type products in Commerce in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.18 through 7.4.3.111, and Lifer
19Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-43830Oct 8, 2025 · Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Forms in Liferay Portal 7.3.2 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q
20Monitor
Later →CVE-2025-62240Oct 9, 2025 · Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities with Calendar events in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.35 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.
19Monitor

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:com.liferay.flags.web	6.0.24	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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

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

CVE-2025-4388155 days apartA reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q
28Monitor
CVE-2025-6224913 days apartA reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q3.0 through 2025.Q
27Monitor
CVE-2025-4377915 days apartA reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.112, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q
27Monitor
CVE-2025-4378629 days apartEnumeration of ERC from object entry in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.1, 2024.Q2.0 throu
27Monitor
CVE-2025-4376546 days apartA Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024
27Monitor
CVE-2025-4376147 days apartA reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q
27Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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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.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

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

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

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Vulnerable

1commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

1commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

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References

liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43771

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