# CVE-2025-43783: Liferay Portal is vulnerable to Reflected XSS attack through get_editor path

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43783-liferay-portal-is-vulnerable-to-reflected-xss-attack-through-get  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-09-10  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-43783 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-09-10

Liferay Portal is vulnerable to Reflected XSS attack through get_editor path

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-43783 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43783 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-43783?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 10 September 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.76,fixed=5.0.102.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43783?** Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.102 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-43783?** Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.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.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.102 or later

  ```sh
  # set com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web to 5.0.102 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- com.liferay:com.liferay.frontend.editor.ckeditor.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.76,fixed=5.0.102

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-43783
- GHSA-jhgr-j9cj-8j62

## Related threats

- [Liferay Portal Reflected XSS in CKEditor component](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43761-liferay-portal-reflected-xss-in-ckeditor-component)
- [Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to XSS in the CKEditor Integration with the Frontend Editor Module](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-42116-liferay-portal-and-liferay-dxp-vulnerable-to-xss-in-the-ckeditor)