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…

PriorityP421medium4.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAL

EPSS

0.28%

20.0th percentile

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.

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
liferay	digital_experience_platform	—	—
liferay	digital_experience_platform	2024.Q2.1 – 2024.Q2.13	—
liferay	digital_experience_platform	2024.q1.1 – 2024.q1.16	—
liferay	digital_experience_platform	2024.q3.1 – 2024.q3.13	—
liferay	digital_experience_platform	2024.q4.0 – 2024.q4.7	—
liferay	digital_experience_platform	2025.q1.0 – 2025.q1.8	—
liferay	dxp	2024.Q1.1 – 2024.Q1.16	—
liferay	dxp	2024.Q3.1 – 2024.Q3.13	—
liferay	dxp	2024.Q4.0 – 2024.Q4.7	—
liferay	dxp	2024Q2.0 – 2023.Q2.13	—
liferay	dxp	2025.Q1.0 – 2025.Q1.8	—
liferay	dxp	7.4.13 – 7.4.13-u92	—
liferay	liferay_portal	7.4.3.0 – 7.4.3.132	—
liferay	portal	7.4.3.0 – 7.4.3.132	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvdv4.06.9MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:L/U:X

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