Authentication bypass in Liferay Portal
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-288.
Summary
Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.4.3.132, and Liferay DXP 2025.Q1 through 2025.Q1.6, 2024.Q4.0 through 2024.Q4.7, 2024.Q3.1 through 2024.Q3.13, 2024.Q2.0 through 2024.Q2.13, 2024.Q1.1 through 2024.Q1.15, 7.4 GA through update 92 and 7.3 GA through update 36 allows unauthenticated users with valid credentials to bypass the login process by changing the POST method to GET, once the site has MFA enabled.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liferay | Portal | 7.3.0 – 7.4.3.132 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Liferay | DXP | 7.3.10 – 7.3.10-u36; 7.4.13 – 7.4.13-u92; 2024.Q1.1 – 2024.Q1.15; 2024Q2.0 – 2023.Q2.13; 2024.Q3.1 – 2024.Q3.13; 2024.Q4.0 – 2024.Q4.7; 2025.Q1.0 – 2025.Q1.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) | 7.3.0-ga1 – 7.4.3.132-ga132 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-g4wg-mpfg-x2q6 |
- Portal VendorLiferay Affected 7.3.0 – 7.4.3.132 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- DXP VendorLiferay Affected 7.3.10 – 7.3.10-u36; 7.4.13 – 7.4.13-u92; 2024.Q1.1 – 2024.Q1.15; 2024Q2.0 – 2023.Q2.13; 2024.Q3.1 – 2024.Q3.13; 2024.Q4.0 – 2024.Q4.7; 2025.Q1.0 – 2025.Q1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.3.0-ga1 – 7.4.3.132-ga132 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-g4wg-mpfg-x2q6
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3639
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4wg-mpfg-x2q6
References
Other 12
- https://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/CVE-2025-3639
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/383a4001cfdf533eb077ed6f03bc5f8fed27cf05
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/774c89c853d4b9d9abb61d6e079dab21f582cc78
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/7a70daf60416d536a45fe137d54e1054e9394fa7
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/a0265c3847af01a37d2a9ad1560e4408f2856518
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/a5081fefaffdd86a9306320c46e91f98973c39cb
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/d2806ad26cb194d0c7d654f9c447857e05dd44b2
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/e4bb21b85440157b588ebbd217995113362962cc
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/e67b47a47f3bccc9a85aeee6a40cd0188787aa0f
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/eb0457503fdb8ac49c662b690a6a4eb139ee4c67
- https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- https://liferay.atlassian.net/browse/LPE-18212
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Sources
- CVE-2025-3639 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-3639 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g4wg-mpfg-x2q6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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