# CVE-2025-43735: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43735-liferay-portal-and-liferay-dxp-have-a-reflected-cross-site  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-08-12  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-43735 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-08-12

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability

Technologies: [com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/com-liferay-portal-com-liferay-portal-impl), [com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/com-liferay-portal-release-dxp-bom), [com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/com-liferay-portal-release-portal-bom). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-43735 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43735 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-43735?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 12 August 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.0.4,fixed=109.1.0; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2024.q4.0,last_affected=2024.q4.7; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0,fixed=7.4.3.132.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43735?** Yes. com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): upgrade to 109.1.0 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.132 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-43735?** Check whether you run com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) or com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): upgrade to 109.1.0 or later

  ```sh
  # set com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 109.1.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.132 or later

  ```sh
  # set com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.132 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.0.4,fixed=109.1.0
- com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2024.q4.0,last_affected=2024.q4.7
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0,fixed=7.4.3.132

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-43735
- GHSA-222w-xmc5-jhp3

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