Liferay Portal/DXP expandoTableLocalService authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component expandoTableLocalService. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-43773. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Liferay Portal and DXP (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component expandoTableLocalService. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.14, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.18 and 7.4 GA through update 92 has a security vulnerability that allowing for improper access through the expandoTableLocalService.

The advisory is shared at liferay.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43773 since 04/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/16/2025).

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/17/2025 CVE reserved
08/29/2025 +134 days Advisory disclosed
08/29/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/16/2025 +109 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43773 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43773
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321977

Entryinfo

Created: 08/29/2025 23:33
Updated: 12/16/2025 17:01
Changes: 08/29/2025 23:33 (64), 12/16/2025 17:01 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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