Summary
Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.4, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.15, and 7.4 GA through update 92 allow a pre-authentication blind SSRF vulnerability in the portal-settings-authentication-opensso-web component due to improper validation of user-supplied URLs. An attacker can exploit this issue to force the server to make arbitrary HTTP requests to internal systems, potentially leading to internal network enumeration or further exploitation.
Impact
Untrusted input controls the target URL of a server-initiated request, which may reach internal services not otherwise accessible from outside. Typical impact: access to internal metadata services, internal APIs, or cloud credentials.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 2025.Q1.5 or later; com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom to 2024.Q1.16 or later
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-4581? CVE-2025-4581 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (maven), affecting versions >= 7.4.0, <= 7.4.3.132. It is fixed in 2025.Q1.5, 2024.Q1.16. Untrusted input controls the target URL of a server-initiated request, which may reach internal services not otherwise accessible from outside.
- Which packages are affected by CVE-2025-4581?
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom(maven) (versions >= 7.4.0, <= 7.4.3.132)com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom(maven) (versions >= 2025.Q1.0, <= 2025.Q1.4)
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-4581? Yes. CVE-2025-4581 is fixed in 2025.Q1.5, 2024.Q1.16. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2025-4581 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-4581 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-4581 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2025-4581?
- Upgrade
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomto 2025.Q1.5 or later - Upgrade
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomto 2024.Q1.16 or later
- Upgrade