CVE-2025-43736 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in DXP

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling4 documents4 sources

Severity

6.9MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.2%

top 53.75%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Liferay DXP Liferay Portal Liferay Digital Experience Platform +1 more

Timeline

PublishedAug 12

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5liferay/portal7.4.3.0 — 7.4.3.132

▶NVDliferay/liferay_portal7.4.3.0 — 7.4.3.132

▶CVEListV5liferay/dxp7.4.13 — 7.4.13-u92+5

▶NVDliferay/digital_experience_platform2024.q1.1 — 2024.q1.16+5

🔴Vulnerability Details

CVEList

CVE-2025-43736: A Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal 7↗2025-08-12

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OSV

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability↗2025-08-12

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GHSA

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP have a Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability↗2025-08-12

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