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medium 5.3

CVE-2025-43786 json

Liferay Portal exposes ERC which can lead to exploit the time response attack

published last yr. modified 22d ago also GHSA-9p7x-8c57-4pqv , EUVD-2025-27584

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Enumeration of ERC from object entry in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.128, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.1, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12, 2023.Q4.0 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allow attackers to determine existent ERC in the application by exploit the time response.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl 5.0.127
  • maven com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl 5.0.83
  • maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api 11.0.1
  • liferay digital_experience_platform 2024.Q1.13, 2024.Q3.2
  • liferay liferay_portal 7.4.3.129

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl
>=5.0.7, <5.0.127
5.0.127
maven com.liferay:com.liferay.headless.admin.workflow.impl
>=5.0.4, <5.0.83
5.0.83
maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.workflow.api
>=7.0.1, <11.0.1
11.0.1

Affected products

  • Liferay Portal
  • Liferay DXP

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy
  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy

References

Sources

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