CVE-2025-43816
Unknown
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-25
Last updated on: 2025-12-15
Assigner: Liferay Inc.
Description
Description
A memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.119, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows an attacker to cause server unavailability (denial of service) via repeatedly calling the API endpoint.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | to 7.4 (exc) |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | From 2023.Q3.1 (inc) to 2023.Q3.10 (inc) |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | From 2023.q4.0 (inc) to 2023.q4.10 (inc) |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | From 2024.Q1.1 (inc) to 2024.Q1.6 (exc) |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | digital_experience_platform | 7.4 |
| liferay | liferay_portal | to 7.4.3.120 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-401 | The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. |
Attack-Flow Graph
AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak in the headless API for StructuredContents in certain versions of Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP. An attacker can repeatedly call the API endpoint, causing the server to consume increasing amounts of memory, which can lead to server unavailability or denial of service.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is that an attacker can cause the server to become unavailable by exploiting the memory leak through repeated API calls. This results in a denial of service, potentially disrupting access to services hosted on the affected Liferay Portal or DXP instances.
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