Medium

Liferay Portal and DXP use an incorrect cache-control header

  • Disclosed: 01.11.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

The Document Library and the Adaptive Media modules in Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.111, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q4.0 through 2023.Q4.10, 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.10, 7.4 GA through update 92, and older unsupported versions uses an incorrect cache-control header, which allows local users to obtain access to downloaded files via the browser's cache.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.liferay:com.liferay.adaptive.media.web < 5.0.52 5.0.52
Java / Kotlin (Maven) com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl < 69.1.0 69.1.0

References

CVSS score 5.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-525
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
com.liferay:com.liferay.adaptive.media.web, com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl
Disclosed
01.11.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-6533-fhr2-f38h - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl

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.

All (18) in the archive
Total entries
18
First → latest
04.2022 11.2025
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 15

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 5
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 1
  4. 2025: 12
  5. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. Liferay Portal and DXP use an incorrect cache-control header this entry
    Medium · 5.5 CVE-2025-62276 < 69.1.0 69.1.0
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2021-33321 < 5.11.0 5.11.0

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