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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5
Aliases CVE-2025-43791
Summary Liferay Portal vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into a "Rich Text" type field to (1) a web content structure, (2) a Documents and Media Document Type , or (3) custom assets that uses the Data Engine's module Rich Text field.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.3
Risk 2.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
cvssv4 4.8 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5/GHSA-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
CVE-2025-43791 https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43791
CVE-2025-43791 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43791
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5/GHSA-5c6v-fqcw-w6q5.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-09-15T18:34:14Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/43xxx/CVE-2025-43791.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2025-43791

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]