Liferay Portal ComboServlet Path Traversal CVE-2025-43813
CVE-2025-43813 Published on September 29, 2025
Possible path traversal vulnerability and denial-of-service in the ComboServlet in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.107, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.4, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.8, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to access arbitrary CSS and JSS files and load the files multiple times via the query string in a URL.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2025-43813 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-43813
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Affected Versions
Liferay Portal:- Version 7.4.0, <= 7.4.3.107 is affected.
- Version 7.3.10, <= 7.3.10-u35 is affected.
- Version 7.4.13, <= 7.4.13-u92 is affected.
- Version 2023.Q3.1, <= 2023.Q3.8 is affected.
- Version 2023.Q4.0, <= 2023.Q4.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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