CVE-2025-43796
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.0 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA though update 35 does not limit the number of objects returned from a GraphQL queries, which allows remote attackers to perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on the application by executing queries that return a large number of objects.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.9–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (21)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- liferay digital experience platform2023.Q3.0 → 2023.Q3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- liferay digital experience platform= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- liferay digital experience platform= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.api8.0.2 → 40.2.0osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.portal.vulcan.api
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2050Liferay Portal und DXP: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-09-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Liferay Portal und Liferay DXP ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder Benutzer auf beliebige URLs umzuleiten.
- GHSA-f3hf-r62c-mfrjLiferay Portal: Missing Rate Limiting in GraphQL Endpoint Enables Resource Exhaustion Attack2025-09-12ghsa · osvUS
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.101, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.0 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA though update 35 does not limit the number of objects returned from a GraphQL queries, which allows remote attackers to perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on the application by executing queries that return a large number of objects.
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sources
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-43796cnnvd
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43796cnnvd
- https://www.liferay.com/zh/platformPatchcnnvd
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43796enisa_euvd
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43796Vendor Advisorynvd
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