A 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.Q4.3, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote non-authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript into the referer or FORWARD_URL using %00 in those parameters.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0007.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-25724 Liferay Portal vulnerable to Reflected XSS with the referer and forward parameter
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-h4m4-xp33-37mj Liferay Portal vulnerable to Reflected XSS with the referer and forward parameter
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43770 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Liferay
Liferay dxp
Liferay portal
Vendors & Products Liferay
Liferay dxp
Liferay portal

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 01:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A 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.Q4.3, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote non-authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript into the referer or FORWARD_URL using %00 in those parameters.
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Liferay

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-25T17:59:50.941Z

Reserved: 2025-04-17T10:55:26.804Z

Link: CVE-2025-43770

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-25T17:59:41.586Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-23T02:15:28.637

Modified: 2025-08-25T20:24:45.327

Link: CVE-2025-43770

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-23T10:54:58Z

Weaknesses