Medium severity · published Aug 12, 2025
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,…
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DX
DXP · Liferay
7.4.13 through 7.4.13-u92; 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.16; 2024Q2.0 through 2023.Q2.13; 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13; 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7; 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.8 · source: vendor
PO
Portal · Liferay
7.4.3.0 through 7.4.3.132 · source: vendor
DE
Digital Experience Platform · Liferay
2024.q1.1 through 2024.q1.16; 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13; 2024.q3.1 through 2024.q3.13; 2024.q4.0 through 2024.q4.7; 2025.q1.0 through 2025.q1.8; 7.4 · source: NVD
LP
Liferay Portal · Liferay
7.4.3.0 through 7.4.3.132 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43736
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43736
Vendor Advisory
https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43736
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