CVE-2025-43736

A Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7.4.3.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.8, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.0 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.16 and 7.4 GA through update 92 allows a user to upload more than 300kb profile picture into the user profile. This size more than the noted max 300kb size. This extra amount of data can make Liferay slower.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43736	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_portal::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-08-12 11:15

Updated : 2025-12-16 16:51

NVD link : CVE-2025-43736

Mitre link : CVE-2025-43736

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-43736

JSON object : View

Products Affected

liferay

digital_experience_platform
liferay_portal

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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