Liferay Portal/DXP Contacts Center Widget authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Contacts Center Widget. Executing a manipulation of the argument _com_liferay_contacts_web_portlet_ContactsCenterPortlet_entryId can lead to authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43803. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Liferay Portal and DXP (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Contacts Center Widget. The manipulation of the argument _com_liferay_contacts_web_portlet_ContactsCenterPortlet_entryId with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the Contacts Center widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.6, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to view contact information, including the contact’s name and email address, via the _com_liferay_contacts_web_portlet_ContactsCenterPortlet_entryId parameter.

The advisory is shared for download at liferay.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-43803 since 04/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/17/2025).

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-2025-30244). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/17/2025 CVE reserved
09/20/2025 +156 days Advisory disclosed
09/20/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/17/2025 +88 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43803 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43803
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325084
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2025 08:32
Updated: 12/17/2025 01:17
Changes: 09/20/2025 08:32 (65), 09/21/2025 12:09 (1), 12/17/2025 01:17 (11)
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