CVE-2025-43740 (GCVE-0-2025-43740)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-19 13:03
Modified
2025-08-19 13:36
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting
Summary
A Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.120 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.9 through 2024.Q1.19 allows an remote authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript through the message boards feature available via the web interface.
References
security@liferay.comhttps://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43740
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Liferay Portal Version: 7.4.3.120
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   Liferay DXP Version: 2024.Q1.9
Version: 2024.Q2.1
Version: 2024.Q3.1
Version: 2024.Q4.0
Version: 2025.Q1.0
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