Liferay Portal Vulnerable to IDOR via audit events
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability with audit events in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.117, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.5, 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions allows remote authenticated users to from one virtual instance to view the audit events from a different virtual instance via the _com_liferay_portal_security_audit_web_portlet_AuditPortlet_auditEventId parameter.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.storage.service | >= 6.0.4, < 6.0.41 | 6.0.41 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.web | >= 5.0.1, < 5.0.33 | 5.0.33 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43827
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/a14427e2338477001f86a9e65fdddb843c319818
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/d85c2f24397dcb7d9e51e7bd292dd29268efb132
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/f99602a23ce1b3aa12b2625441cfaa17bfbd22b6
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-17938
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-43827
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-639- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.storage.service, com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.web- Disclosed
- 30.09.2025
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pw86-qvx9-34r7 - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.audit.web
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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.
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