VDB-327626 · CVE-2025-43771 · EUVD-2025-33163

Liferay Portal/DXP Notifications Widget First Name/Middle Name/Last Name/Other Reason cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Liferay Portal and DXP. This affects an unknown part of the component Notifications Widget. Such manipulation of the argument First Name/Middle Name/Last Name/Other Reason leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-43771. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Liferay Portal and DXP (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Notifications Widget. The manipulation of the argument First Name/Middle Name/Last Name/Other Reason with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at liferay.dev. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43771 since 04/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 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 databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-33163) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2232). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

Liferay Portal
Liferay DXP

Productinfo

Type

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Vendor

Liferay

Name

License

open-source

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

04/17/2025 CVE reserved
10/08/2025 +174 days Advisory disclosed
10/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/16/2025 +69 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: liferay.dev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43771 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43771
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-327626
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2232 - Liferay Portal: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Cross-Site Scripting

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2025 16:50
Updated: 12/16/2025 02:33
Changes: 10/08/2025 16:50 (66), 10/09/2025 00:53 (1), 10/09/2025 13:35 (7), 12/16/2025 02:33 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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