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medium5.3

CVE-2025-43797

Liferay has Insecure Default Initialization of Resource issue

Impact

In Liferay Portal 7.1.0 through 7.4.3.111, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 35, and older unsupported versions, the default membership type of a newly created site is “Open” which allows any registered users to become a member of the site. A remote attacker with site membership can potentially view, add or edit content on the site.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavencom.liferay:com.liferay.site.admin.web< 5.0.1115.0.111

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LiferayDigital Experience Platform
before 7.3
from 2023.q3.1 before 2023.q3.5
Versions 7.3, 7.4, 2023.q4.0
LiferayLiferay Portal
before 7.4.3.112

Weakness classification

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