CVE-2025-43736 Liferay allows more than 300kb profile picture into the user profile

Description

A Denial Of Service via File Upload (DOS) vulnerability in the Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP allows a user to upload more than 300kb profile picture into the user profile. This size more than the noted max 300kb size. This extra amount of data can make Liferay slower.

Severity

6.9 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:L)

Affected Version(s)

  • Liferay Portal 7.4.3.0 through 7.4.3.132
  • Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.8
  • Liferay DXP 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7
  • Liferay DXP 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13
  • Liferay DXP 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13
  • Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.16
  • Liferay DXP 7.4 GA through update 92

Fixed Version(s)

  • Liferay Portal fixed on master branch
  • Liferay DXP 2025.Q2.0
  • Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.9
  • Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.17

Acknowledgments

This issue was reported by Lorenzo Toti, Francesco Dalena, Simone Capparelli and the company DXC Technology

Publication date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:01:00 +0000

Security advisories for Liferay's enterprise offerings (e.g., Liferay DXP) are only listed here since 2023. Historial advisories are availabe in the Help Center.

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