CVE-2025-43772 json
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Denial of Service in Kaleo Forms Admin
published last yr. modified 22d ago also GHSA-j4fw-4mhr-hc45 , EUVD-2025-33977
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Kaleo Forms Admin in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA, 7.3 GA through update 27, and older unsupported versions does not restrict the saving of request parameters in the portlet session, which allows remote attackers to consume system memory leading to denial-of-service (DoS) conditions via crafted HTTP request.
Patch / fix
- maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.kaleo.forms.web 5.0.29
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.kaleo.forms.web | <5.0.29 |
5.0.29 |
Affected products
- Liferay Portal
- Liferay DXP
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
github.com
/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/566ba7b48d6e8c62e5da71c34bb56b87183bf503
web
-
github.com
/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/5d62db9d01005fc148297dad37f84660cd8b4a2b
web
-
liferay.dev
/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43772
web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43772
advisory
-
github.com
/liferay/liferay-portal
package
-
liferay.atlassian.net
/browse/LPE-17456
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-43772
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j4fw-4mhr-hc45
- NVD CVE-2025-43772
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