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Liferay DXP XSS (CVE-2025-2536)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233193

Synopsis

An application running on a remote web server host is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability

Description

The detected install of Liferay DXP is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Frontend JS module's layout-taglib/__liferay__/index.js that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via toastData parameter

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

See vendor advisory

See Also

https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233193

File Name: liferay_DXP_2024_Q4_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/21/2025

Updated: 3/21/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2536

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:liferay:digital_experience_platform

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Liferay DXP

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-2536

IAVA: 2025-A-0188