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Liferay Portal 7.4.0 < 7.4.3.120 Password Enumeration

medium Nessus Plugin ID 272738

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update.

Description

Password enumeration vulnerability in Liferay Portal allows remote attackers to determine a user's password even if account lockout is enabled via brute force attack.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Liferay Portal 7.4.3.120 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9fe7b5d0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 272738

File Name: liferay_cve_2025_62257.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/5/2025

Updated: 11/7/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62257

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:liferay:liferay_portal

Required KB Items: installed_sw/liferay_portal

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62257

IAVA: 2025-A-0811