CVE-2025-43736: Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability

CVE-2025-43736 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-08-12

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability

Technologies: com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web (Maven), com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven), com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-43736 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43736 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-43736?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 12 August 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.138; com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=13.10.0; com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.56; com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=11.0.27; and 2 more.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43736?
Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 2.0.138 or later; com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib (Maven): upgrade to 13.10.0 or later; com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.56 or later; com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.27 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): upgrade to 2025.Q1.9 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-43736?
Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web (Maven), com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib (Maven), com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web (Maven) or one of the others listed 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:com.liferay.account.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 2.0.138 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web to 2.0.138 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib (Maven): upgrade to 13.10.0 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib to 13.10.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.56 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web to 5.0.56 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.27 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web to 11.0.27 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven): upgrade to 2025.Q1.9 or later
    # set com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 2025.Q1.9 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.liferay:com.liferay.account.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.138
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.taglib (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=13.10.0
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.image.uploader.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.56
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.users.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=11.0.27
  • com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2025.Q1.0,fixed=2025.Q1.9
  • com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.3.0,last_affected=7.4.3.132

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-43736
  • GHSA-cg99-m88x-422c

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