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CVE-2025-43816

A memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows an attacker to cause server unavailability (denial of service) via repeatedly calling the API endpoint.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 2 products from liferay, from liferay organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2025, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2025-09-25T20:15:34.930

Last Modified

2025-12-15T18:20:34.090

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-401

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	< 7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	≤ 2023.Q3.10	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	≤ 2023.q4.10	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	< 2024.Q1.6	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	digital_experience_platform	7.4	Yes
Application	liferay	liferay_portal	< 7.4.3.120	Yes

References

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43816 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For liferay's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.