CVE-2025-43798: Liferay DXP Missing Critical Step in Authentication

September 15, 2025

Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 35 allows a time-based one-time password (TOTP) to be used multiple times during the validity period, which allows attackers with access to a user’s TOTP to authenticate as the user.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4p5r-3jmm-652q
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/1df25e46675afe7c3a2754bf8968bcb9677db950
liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43798
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43798

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