CVE-2025-43771

  • Published: 2025-10-08T15:16:23.853

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Notifications widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.102 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5 and 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into (1) a user’s “First Name” text field, (2) a user’s “Middle Name” text field, (3) a user’s “Last Name” text field, (4) the “Other Reason” text field when flagging content, or (5) the name of the flagged content.

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How to fix CVE-2025-43771

CVE-2025-43771 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Notifications widget in Liferay Portal 7.4.3.102 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.5 and 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted payload injected into (1) a user’s “First Name” text field, (2) a user’s “Middle Name” text field, […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Oct 08, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 12, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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