Liferay search widget vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Date: 2025-09
Affected: maven/com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.search
Attack vector: xss
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2025-43804
CWE: CWE-79

There is a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal's Search widget . Versions 7.4.3.93 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML via the `_com_liferay_portal_search_web_portlet_SearchPortlet_userId` parameter.


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