CVE-2025-62259
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows remote users to access and edit content via APIs in Liferay Portal and DXP before email verification, bypassing intended access controls. It affects Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.109 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 35, and older unsupported versions.
💻 Affected Systems
- Liferay Portal
- Liferay DXP
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Unauthorized users could modify or delete critical content, leading to data loss, defacement, or privilege escalation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users may access and edit non-sensitive content, causing minor disruptions or data integrity issues.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to low-risk content edits or detected attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires knowledge of API endpoints and may involve crafting requests to bypass email verification checks.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Liferay Portal 7.4.3.110 or later; Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.5 or later, or apply relevant security updates as per vendor advisory.
Vendor Advisory: https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-62259
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Review the vendor advisory for specific patch details. 2. Update to the patched version or apply the provided security fix. 3. Test the update in a staging environment before deploying to production.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable API access for unverified users
allConfigure Liferay to restrict API access until email verification is complete.
Modify portal-ext.properties or use Liferay's configuration UI to set access controls for APIs.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement network-level access controls to limit API exposure to trusted IPs only.
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for API access attempts by unverified users.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if your Liferay version is within the affected range and test API access with an unverified user account.Check Version:
Check the Liferay control panel or run 'cat /path/to/liferay/version.txt' on the server.Verify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify that unverified users cannot access or edit content via APIs.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- API requests from unverified user accounts
- Unauthorized access attempts to edit content via APIs
Network Indicators:
- Unusual API traffic patterns from unauthenticated sources
SIEM Query:
source="liferay_logs" AND (event="api_access" AND user_status="unverified")