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 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.

Published: Aug 19, 2025
Updated: Aug 21, 2025
CVE: CVE-2025-43737
GHSA: GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

No technical information available.

CWEs:

CWE-79

OWASP TOP 10:

A7 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
com.liferay / com.liferay.journal.web	-	5.0.196

https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/eded63b8822923f9392d94ba1818beb63629b79f
https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-18292
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43737

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2025-43737