# CVE-2025-43755: Liferay Portal Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability via GroupPagesPortlet_type Parameter

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43755-liferay-portal-stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-via  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-08-21  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-43755 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-08-21

Liferay Portal Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability via GroupPagesPortlet_type Parameter

Technologies: [com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/com-liferay-com-liferay-layout-admin-web). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-43755 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43755 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-43755?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 21 August 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.191.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43755?** Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.191 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-43755?** Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web (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:com.liferay.layout.admin.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.191 or later

  ```sh
  # set com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web to 5.0.191 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- com.liferay:com.liferay.layout.admin.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=5.0.191

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-43755
- GHSA-58cq-8wm2-6m87

## Related threats

- [Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Open Redirect via the _com_liferay_layout_admin_web_portlet_GroupPagesPortlet_redirect parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-62253-liferay-portal-vulnerable-to-open-redirect-via-the-com-liferay)
- [Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-38265-liferay-portal-and-liferay-dxp-vulnerable-to-cross-site-scripting)