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CVE-2025-43816
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-09-25 · updated 2026-10-18
- Weakness: CWE-401
Description
A memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows an attacker to cause server unavailability (denial of service) via repeatedly calling the API endpoint.
Affected products
- Liferay Digital Experience Platform: before 7.4; from 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10; from 2023.q4.0 through 2023.q4.10; from 2024.Q1.1 before 2024.Q1.6; 7.4, 7.4-update1, 7.4-update10, 7.4-update11, 7.4-update12, 7.4-update13 (+87) — fixed in 2024.Q1.6, 7.4
- Liferay Portal: before 7.4.3.120 — fixed in 7.4.3.120
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Liferay Digital Experience Platform 2024.Q1.6, 7.4; Liferay Portal 7.4.3.120. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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