GHSA-43xf-59vr-g4f2 CVE-2025-43799
Liferay Portal Uses Default Password
- Severity
- 0.0 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 4.0
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.26%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 17.94% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-1393 Use of Default Password
- Fix
7.4.3.112- Upgrade com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to this version or later
Description
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions does not limit access to APIs before a user has changed their initial password, which allows remote users to access and edit content via the API.
Affected versions
Maven
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.3.112 |
7.4.3.112 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom Maven → 7.4.3.112
- maven
<dependency><groupId>com.liferay.portal</groupId><artifactId>release.portal.bom</artifactId><version>7.4.3.112</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:7.4.3.112")
Severity breakdown
CVSS 4.0 0.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
- Low
- Integrity (vulnerable system)
- Low
- Availability (vulnerable system)
- None
- Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
- None
- Integrity (subsequent systems)
- None
- Availability (subsequent systems)
- None
CVSS 3.1 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-1393: Use of Default Password
The product uses default passwords for potentially critical functionality.
How to prevent it
- Requirements: Prohibit use of default, hard-coded, or other values that do not vary for each installation of the product - especially for separate organizations.
- Documentation: Ensure that product documentation clearly emphasizes the presence of default passwords and provides steps for the administrator to change them.
- Architecture and Design: Force the administrator to change the credential upon installation.
- Installation, Operation: The product administrator could change the defaults upon installation or during operation.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-2j97-4jmq-c4xf Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the selectedLanguageId Parameter | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-56jv-4ww3-65mw Liferay Portal is vulnerable to XSS in the Blogs widget | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-f5vh-4rj2-w8r8 Liferay Portal is vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-8hw3-ghwv-crfh Liferay Portal vulnerable to password enumeration | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-gv7w-jh8g-vr73 Liferay Portal Does Not Limit Access to APIs Before Email Verification | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-gh4w-8qgq-8w9r Liferay Portal Vulnerable to CSRF in Headless APIs | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-xcj6-xpjg-c4xr Liferay Portal Stores Password Reset Tokens in Plain Text | Medium | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
| GHSA-vgqx-447m-wvcj Liferay Portal Vulnerable to DoS via Crafted Headless API Request | High | Also affects com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom |
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