# CVE-2025-43790: Liferay Portal is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) attack through Authentication Bypass

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-43790-liferay-portal-is-vulnerable-to-insecure-direct-object-reference  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-09-11  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-43790 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-09-11

Liferay Portal is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) attack through Authentication Bypass

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-43790 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43790 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-43790?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 11 September 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.197.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43790?** Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service (Maven): upgrade to 1.0.197 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-43790?** Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service (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.object.service (Maven): upgrade to 1.0.197 or later

  ```sh
  # set com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service to 1.0.197 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- com.liferay:com.liferay.object.service (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.197

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-43790
- GHSA-5wxc-3jfw-w94p

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