Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-43790

High

Published: 11 September 2025

Published
11 September 2025
Modified
16 December 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 7.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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:X
EPSS Score 0.0009 26.0th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-43790 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Liferay Digital Experience Platform. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 26.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.124, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.6, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows remote authenticated users to from one virtual instance to access, create, edit,…

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relate data/object entries/definitions to an object in a different virtual instance.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

liferay
digital experience platform
7.4 · 2024.Q1.1 — 2024.Q1.13 · 2024.Q2.0 — 2024.Q2.7
liferay
liferay portal
7.4.0 — 7.4.3.124

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References