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GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96 Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via backURL Paramter

MEDIUM Published 2025-08-19 Modified 2025-08-20 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-43737
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2025-08-20

Affected packages

• Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web: < 5.0.196 → fixed in 5.0.196

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8 and 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15 allows a remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript code via _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_backURL parameter.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-43737 A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8 and… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References