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SCA: security update for com.liferay:com.liferay.journal.web (GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435018

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP
 2025.Q2.0 through 2025.Q2.8 and 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.15 allows a remote authenticated user to inject
 JavaScript code via _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_backURL parameter. (CVE-2025-43737)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vjwr-cqwf-6q96

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435018

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/21/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-43737

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-43737

cwe: CWE-79