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Liferay Portal Vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference

  • Disclosed: 18.08.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1.0 through 2025.Q1.10, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.1 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.17 and 7.4 GA through update 92 is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the groupId parameter of the _com_liferay_roles_selector_web_portlet_RolesSelectorPortlet_groupId. When an organization administrator modifies this parameter id value, they can gain unauthorized access to user lists from other organizations.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web < 5.0.32 5.0.32

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-639
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web
Disclosed
18.08.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-v6xr-v2qg-h22h - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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