# CVE-2025-62252: Liferay is Vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-62252-liferay-is-vulnerable-to-authorization-bypass-through-user  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-13  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-62252 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-10-13

Liferay is Vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-62252 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-62252 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-62252?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 13 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=99.0.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-62252?** Yes. com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven): upgrade to 99.0.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-62252?** Check whether you run com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (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 99.0.0 or later

  ```sh
  # set com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl to 99.0.0 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=99.0.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-62252
- GHSA-pfwq-mr9g-gq6m

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