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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43786-liferay-portal-exposes-erc-which-can-lead-to-exploit-the-time  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-09-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/com-liferay-com-liferay-portal-vulcan-impl). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  # 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

  ```sh
  # 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

  ```sh
  # 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

## Related threats

- [Liferay Portal and DXP vulnerable to a memory leak](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43816-liferay-portal-and-dxp-vulnerable-to-a-memory-leak)
- [Liferay Portal: Missing Rate Limiting in GraphQL Endpoint Enables Resource Exhaustion Attack](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43796-liferay-portal-missing-rate-limiting-in-graphql-endpoint-enables)
- [Liferay Portal does not limit the depth of a GraphQL queries](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-3602-liferay-portal-does-not-limit-the-depth-of-a-graphql-queries)