CVE-2025-43816

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.34% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

18 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows an attacker to cause server unavailability (denial of service) via repeatedly calling the API endpoint.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v4.06.9mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v4.06.9mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · security@liferay.com

v4.04.6mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-401USCWE-401US

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Liferay DXP <2024.Q1.6all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay DXP <2024.Q2.0all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay Portal <7.4.3.120all versionscert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 2024.Q1.6cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP< 2024.Q2.0cert_bundDE
Liferay Portal< 7.4.3.120cert_bundDE
Liferay DXP≤ 2023.Q4.0 ≤2023.Q4.10enisa_euvdEU
Liferay DXP≤ 2023.Q3.1 ≤2023.Q3.10enisa_euvdEU
Liferay DXP≤ 7.4.13 ≤7.4.13-u92enisa_euvdEU
Liferay DXP≤ 2024.Q1.1 ≤2024.Q1.5enisa_euvdEU
Liferay Portal≤ 7.4.0 ≤7.4.3.119enisa_euvdEU
liferay digital experience platform< 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform2023.Q3.1 → 2023.Q3.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform2023.q4.0 → 2023.q4.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform2024.Q1.1 → 2024.Q1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay digital experience platform= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
liferay liferay portal< 7.4.3.120nvdUScpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl< 5.0.115osvUSpkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.portal.vulcan.impl

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2137Liferay Portal: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-09-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Liferay Portal und Liferay DXP ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-hrqm-qpw9-w8rvLiferay Portal and DXP vulnerable to a memory leak2025-09-25ghsa · osvUS
A memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows an attacker to cause server unavailability (denial of service) via repeatedly calling the API endpoint.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-09-25modified 2026-10-18

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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