CVE-2025-43812: Liferay Portal vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the web content template

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-43812 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43812 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-43812?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 30 September 2025.

Which products and versions are affected?

com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.34,fixed=5.0.161; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.3.4-ga4,fixed=7.4.3.112-ga112.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43812?

Yes. com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.161 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.112-ga112 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-43812?

Check whether you run com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web (Maven) or com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (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.journal.web (Maven): upgrade to 5.0.161 or later

  # set com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web to 5.0.161 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.112-ga112 or later

  # set com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.112-ga112 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.34,fixed=5.0.161
• com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.3.4-ga4,fixed=7.4.3.112-ga112

Identifiers

• CVE-2025-43812
• GHSA-jv8x-mm3v-75r7