CVE-2025-3594: Liferay Portal path traversal vulnerability with the downloading and installation of Xuggler

June 16, 2025

Path traversal vulnerability with the downloading and installation of Xuggler in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.4.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.4 GA, 7.3 GA through update 34, and older unsupported versions allows remote attackers to (1) add files to arbitrary locations on the server and (2) download and execute arbitrary files from the download server via the _com_liferay_server_admin_web_portlet_ServerAdminPortlet_jarName parameter.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-p73j-gpcq-49h8
github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-3594
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3594

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