SCA: security update for com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel (GHSA-h4m4-xp33-37mj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435070

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 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.131, and
Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.3, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13,
2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.12 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows an remote non-authenticated attacker to
inject JavaScript into the referer or FORWARD_URL using %00 in those parameters. (CVE-2025-43770)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4m4-xp33-37mj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435070

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/25/2025

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: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-43770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-43770

cwe: CWE-79