VDB-312666 · CVE-2025-3526 · EUVD-2025-18403

Liferay Portal/DXP HTTP Request resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-3526. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

SessionClicks in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.21, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA through update 9, 7.3 GA through update 25, and older unsupported versions does not restrict the saving of request parameters in the HTTP session, which allows remote attackers to consume system memory leading to denial-of-service (DoS) conditions via crafted HTTP requests.

The advisory is available at liferay.dev. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-3526 since 04/11/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18403). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Vendor

Liferay

Name

License

open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/11/2025 CVE reserved
06/16/2025 +66 days Advisory disclosed
06/16/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/16/2025 +183 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-3526 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-3526
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312666
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2025 16:59
Updated: 12/16/2025 20:01
Changes: 06/16/2025 16:59 (65), 06/16/2025 18:13 (1), 12/16/2025 20:01 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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