CVE-2025-62260: Liferay Portal Vulnerable to DoS via Crafted Headless API Request

CVE-2025-62260 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2025-10-27

Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.99, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions does not limit the number of objects returned from Headless API requests, which allows remote attackers to perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on the application by executing a request that returns a large number of objects.

Technologies: Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Portal, com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven). Vendors: Liferay, Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-62260 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-62260 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-62260?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 27 October 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0-ga1,fixed=7.4.3.100.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-62260?
Yes. com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.100 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-62260?
Check whether you run Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Liferay Portal 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:release.portal.bom (Maven): upgrade to 7.4.3.100 or later
    # set com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.100 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • Liferay Digital Experience Platform
  • Liferay Portal
  • com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.4.0-ga1,fixed=7.4.3.100

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-62260
  • GHSA-vgqx-447m-wvcj

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