CVE-2025-43813: Liferay Portal vulnerable to path traversal and denial-of-service in the ComboServlet

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-43813 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-43813 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-43813?

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

Which products and versions are affected?

com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=96.0.0; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0-ga1,fixed=7.4.3.108-ga108.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-43813?

Yes. com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): upgrade to 96.0.0 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.108-ga108 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-43813?

Check whether you run com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (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.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): upgrade to 96.0.0 or later

  # set com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 96.0.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.108-ga108 or later

  # set com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.108-ga108 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=96.0.0
• com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0-ga1,fixed=7.4.3.108-ga108

Identifiers

• CVE-2025-43813
• GHSA-2hm7-r8f3-423h