Improper access via missing service permission checks
Published Aug 29, 2025 · Updated Aug 29, 2025
Missing authorization in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP allows remote authenticated users to gain improper access through expandoTableLocalService. The expandoTableLocalService performs operations without required permission checks, but Liferay has not disclosed the affected methods or data. Exploitation requires high privileges and active user interaction; the published record reports no service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP allows remote authenticated users to gain improper access through expandoTableLocalService. The expandoTableLocalService performs operations without required permission checks, but Liferay has not disclosed the affected methods or data. Exploitation requires high privileges and active user interaction; the published record reports no service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43773
- Published
- Aug 29, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Liferay
- Product
- Liferay Portal
- Classifications
- CWE-862
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.4.0 <=7.4.3.132
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