CVE-2025-43748 — release.portal.bom
MEDIUMCVE-2025-43748 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom. A fix is available for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-43748.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Insufficient CSRF protection for omni-administrator users in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.119, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.6, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.9, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.9, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 36, and older unsupported versions allows attackers to execute Cross-Site Request Forgery
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | ≥ 7.0.0-a1&&< 7.4.3.120-ga120 | 7.4.3.120-ga120com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom:7.4.3.120-ga120 |
Affected Products
digital experience platformliferayliferay portalliferayDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom to 7.4.3.120-ga120 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-43748 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-43748 in your dependencies?
Find it across Maven, including transitive dependencies.