CVE-2025-43761, CoreCVE

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MEDIUM

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.Q4.4, 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 frontend-editor-ckeditor-web/ckeditor/samples/old/ajax.html path

Published Aug 22, 2025

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 4.0

EPSS 0.19%

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.Q4.4, 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 frontend-editor-ckeditor-web/ckeditor/samples/old/ajax.html path

Affected products

Vendor Liferay Product DXP Default
unaffected
- Version
  2024.Q1.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=2024.Q1.12
- Version
  2024.Q2.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=2023.Q2.13
- Version
  2024.Q3.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=2024.Q3.13
- Version
  2024.Q4.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=2024.Q4.4
- Version
  7.4.13
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=7.4.13-u92
Vendor Liferay Product Portal Default
unaffected
- Version
  7.4.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <=7.4.3.131

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Liferay

DXP

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
2024.Q1.1	affected	<=2024.Q1.12
2024.Q2.0	affected	<=2023.Q2.13
2024.Q3.1	affected	<=2024.Q3.13
2024.Q4.0	affected	<=2024.Q4.4
7.4.13	affected	<=7.4.13-u92

Liferay

Portal

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
7.4.0	affected	<=7.4.3.131

com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web

Maven

Introduced 0 Fixed 5.0.107
com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.js.dependencies.web

Maven

Introduced 0 Fixed 1.0.25
liferay-ckeditor

npm

Introduced 0 Fixed 4.21.0-liferay.10

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed
Maven	com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web	5.0.107
Maven	com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.js.dependencies.web	1.0.25
npm	liferay-ckeditor	4.21.0-liferay.10

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.19% 0.00194

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00194

Score over time

2025–2026

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (3 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.19% (0.00194)	8.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.18% (0.00181)	7.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 23, 2025	0.05% (0.00047)	13.85th	v4 (v2025.03.14)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (5)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3h7r-4xxj-3mfm		Advisory
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/4b638ee704340426d806da8ab3d0f92b4be7a0da
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-18163
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43761		Vendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43761