CVE-2025-62263 Overview
CVE-2025-62263 identifies multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Liferay Portal and Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP). The flaws stem from improper neutralization of user-supplied input in the Account Role Title field and the Organization Name field. Authenticated remote attackers can inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript that executes when administrators view or select the affected account, role, or organization pages. The issue is tracked under CWE-79 and affects Liferay Portal 7.3.7 through 7.4.3.103, along with multiple Liferay DXP service packs and updates. Liferay has published a security advisory describing the affected versions and remediation.
Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers can inject persistent scripts into administrative pages, enabling session theft, account takeover, and lateral movement within the portal.
Affected Products
- Liferay Portal 7.3.7 through 7.4.3.103
- Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4
- Liferay DXP 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 service pack 3 through update 36
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-10-27 - CVE-2025-62263 published to the National Vulnerability Database
- 2026-10-18 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-62263
Vulnerability Analysis
The advisory describes two injection sinks within Liferay's account management flows. In the first sink, a crafted payload placed in the Title field of an Account Role executes when an administrator opens the view or select account role page. In the second sink, a payload placed in an Organization's Name field executes when an administrator views or selects the account page, the account organization page, or the select account organization page.
Both sinks are stored XSS conditions. Liferay persists the attacker-controlled strings and later renders them into HTML contexts without sufficient output encoding. Because the payload fires inside an administrator's authenticated session, it inherits the privileges of the viewing account, including the ability to issue portal API calls on the victim's behalf.
Root Cause
The root cause is improper neutralization of input during web page generation, classified under [CWE-79]. Liferay accepts rich text input in the Title and Name fields but fails to apply context-appropriate HTML entity encoding when the values are reflected in portal management views. Any <script> tag or event handler persisted in these fields is treated as executable markup.
Attack Vector
Exploitation requires network access to the Liferay portal and a low-privilege account with permission to create or modify Account Roles or Organizations. The attacker submits a payload containing script content through the standard portal UI or REST APIs. The payload remains dormant until an administrator or privileged user navigates to one of the vulnerable rendering pages, at which point the script executes in the victim's browser context. User interaction from the victim is required, which is reflected in the CVSS 4.0 vector component UI:A.
No public proof-of-concept exploit is listed for CVE-2025-62263, and the vulnerability is not present in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. See the Liferay Security Advisory CVE-2025-62263 for vendor technical details.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-62263
Indicators of Compromise
- Account Role Title values or Organization Name values containing <script>, onerror=, onload=, javascript:, or encoded variants such as <script
- Unexpected outbound requests from administrator browsers to attacker-controlled hosts shortly after accessing account or organization management pages
- New or modified administrative accounts, API keys, or role assignments created from a privileged session without a corresponding user action
Detection Strategies
- Query the Liferay database tables backing AccountRole and Organization entities for field values containing HTML tags or JavaScript URI schemes
- Enable Content Security Policy (CSP) report-only mode and alert on inline script violations originating from /group/control_panel or account management URLs
- Review Liferay audit logs for Account Role or Organization create and update events submitted by low-privilege users
Monitoring Recommendations
- Forward Liferay application logs, audit events, and web server access logs to a centralized analytics platform for correlation
- Monitor administrator sessions for anomalous XHR or fetch calls to Liferay REST endpoints that create users, roles, or permissions
- Alert on repeated 4xx responses from the portal following suspicious POST requests to account or organization management endpoints
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-62263
Immediate Actions Required
- Upgrade Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP to a fixed release as identified in the Liferay Security Advisory CVE-2025-62263
- Audit existing Account Role Title and Organization Name values and sanitize any entries that contain HTML or script content
- Restrict permission to create or edit Account Roles and Organizations to trusted administrators only
Patch Information
Liferay has published fixes through its security advisory portal. Administrators should consult the vendor advisory for the exact patched builds that correspond to their deployed Portal or DXP version and apply the hotfix or service pack referenced for CVE-2025-62263.
Workarounds
- Apply a strict Content Security Policy that disallows inline script execution on Liferay administrative paths
- Place the portal behind a web application firewall (WAF) with rules that block HTML tags and JavaScript URI schemes in Title and Name form parameters
- Reduce the attack surface by limiting portal account creation to vetted users until the patch is applied
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