CVE-2025-43786: Liferay Portal exposes ERC which can lead to exploit the time response attack

CVE-2025-43786 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-09-09

Liferay Portal exposes ERC which can lead to exploit the time response attack

Technologies: com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-43786 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43786 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-43786?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 9 September 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.4,fixed=5.0.83; com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.7,fixed=5.0.127; com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.0.1,fixed=11.0.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43786?
Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.83 or later; com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.127 or later; com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-43786?
Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl (Maven), com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven) or com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api (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.headless.admin.workflow.impl (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.83 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl to 5.0.83 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.127 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl to 5.0.127 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.1 or later
    # set com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api to 11.0.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.4,fixed=5.0.83
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.7,fixed=5.0.127
  • com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.0.1,fixed=11.0.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-43786
  • GHSA-9p7x-8c57-4pqv

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