CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-43814

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.112 and Liferay DXP (listed versions), audit events record a user's password reminder answer. A remote authenticated user can obtain a user's password reminder answer via the audit events.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated user could learn other users' password reminder answers, facilitating account takeover and privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Update Liferay to a patched version, restrict access to audit events, and consider changing password reminder questions.

Other vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal / Liferay DXP

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Original NVD description (English source)

In Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.112, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.8, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions the audit events records a user’s password reminder answer, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain a user’s password reminder answer via the audit events.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS