CVE-2025-62242
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in Liferay Portal and DXP that allows authenticated users to access other users' address information by manipulating the addressId parameter. The vulnerability affects Liferay Portal 7.4.3.4 through 7.4.3.111 and multiple versions of Liferay DXP. Attackers can exploit this to view sensitive address data belonging to other accounts.
💻 Affected Systems
- Liferay Portal
- Liferay DXP
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could systematically enumerate and collect address information for all users in the system, potentially leading to privacy violations, identity theft, or targeted phishing attacks against high-value accounts.
Likely Case
Authenticated users can view address information of other users they shouldn't have access to, violating privacy expectations and potentially exposing sensitive personal information.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and parameter validation, the impact is limited to unauthorized data viewing rather than modification or system compromise.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access and involves manipulating the _com_liferay_account_admin_web_internal_portlet_AccountEntriesAdminPortlet_addressId parameter to access other users' address data.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Liferay Portal 7.4.3.112+ and Liferay DXP updates beyond affected versions
Vendor Advisory: https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-62245
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update to Liferay Portal 7.4.3.112 or later. 2. For Liferay DXP, apply the latest security updates beyond the affected versions. 3. Verify the fix by testing the addressId parameter manipulation.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement Access Control Validation
allAdd server-side validation to ensure users can only access their own address data
Custom code modification required - implement proper authorization checks in AccountEntriesAdminPortlet
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block parameter manipulation attempts
- Enable detailed logging for address access attempts and monitor for suspicious patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by logging in as one user and attempting to access another user's address by modifying the addressId parameter in AccountEntriesAdminPortlet requestsCheck Version:
Check Liferay version in Control Panel → Configuration → Server Administration → System InformationVerify Fix Applied:
After patching, repeat the vulnerability test - you should no longer be able to access other users' address data📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed authorization attempts for address access
- Unusual patterns of addressId parameter values in requests
- Access to address endpoints with mismatched user IDs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with manipulated addressId parameters
- Unusual volume of requests to address-related endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="liferay" AND (uri="*AccountEntriesAdminPortlet*" AND param="*addressId*") AND user_id != authorized_user_id