medium6.9
CVE-2025-62261
Liferay Portal Stores Password Reset Tokens in Plain Text
Impact
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.99, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 34, and older unsupported versions stores password reset tokens in plain text, which allows attackers with access to the database to obtain the token, reset a user’s password and take over the user’s account.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | >= 7.4.0-ga1, < 7.4.3.100 | 7.4.3.100 |
| maven | com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl | < 92.0.2 | 92.0.2 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Liferay | Digital Experience Platform | Versions 7.3, 7.4, 2023.q3.1, 2023.q3.2, 2023.q3.3, 2023.q3.4 |
| Liferay | Liferay Portal | from 7.0.0 before 7.4.3.100 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-62261
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcj6-xpjg-c4xr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62261
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/b228c7878f2ed5ad8dbc1ff7ec9b5e6d53bb4b5c
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17785