Security advisory

{
  "id": "ba1184f7bf413ef9537535fc53afbbc07aaa2fc61cc916b161b68fa81ac2b6f6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43738",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-43738",
    "summary": "A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8, 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13 and 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.19 allows a remote authenticated user to inject JavaScript code via _com_liferay_expando_web_portlet_ExpandoPortlet_displayType parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-43738",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-43738",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-43738",
        "GHSA-cwgh-r52j-xh6c"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ec84d86679146b84af526f96471a730c340dda78"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a9017d1f654503189fcd6eecd59bd501a7015b8c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "7.4.3.132"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "7.4.3.132-ga132",
            "7.4.3.88-ga88",
            "7.4.3.41-ga41",
            "7.4.3.7-ga7",
            "7.4.3.6-ga6",
            "7.4.3.5-ga5",
            "7.4.3.4-ga4",
            "7.4.2-ga3",
            "7.4.1-ga2",
            "7.4.0-ga1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-43738.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:15.535375215Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43738"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "liferay:digital_experience_platform",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2024.q1.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "2024.q1.20"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2024.Q2.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2024.Q2.13"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2024.q3.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2024.q3.13"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2024.q4.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2024.q4.7"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2025.Q1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "2025.Q1.16"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2025.Q2.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "2025.Q2.9"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-43738",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429176,
  "published_at": "2025-08-19T16:15:26.807+00:00"
}