Liferay Portal vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the related asset selector

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS 4.0

4.8 · 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 · score source

EPSS

• CVE-2025-43811: 0.22% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 13.21 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the related asset selector in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.50 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.4, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.7, and 7.4 update 50 through update 92 allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into an asset author’s (1) First Name, (2) Middle Name, or (3) Last Name text field.

Published by the source

30 Sep 2025, 00:30 UTC

Last modified by the source

30 Sep 2025, 20:08 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 16:40 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-2856-xf2f-6vrf

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-43811

Advisory: Liferay Portal vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the related asset selector
IDs: CVE-2025-43811, GHSA-2856-xf2f-6vrf
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-43811 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:40 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: com.liferay:com.liferay.item.selector.web 7.0.52. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.item.selector.web: affected >= 7.0.35, < 7.0.52; fixed in 7.0.52

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.item.selector.web: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on com.liferay:com.liferay.item.selector.web.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2856-xf2f-6vrf (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-2856-xf2f-6vrf lists affected ranges: Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.item.selector.web >=7.0.35 <7.0.52)

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