🛡️ CVE-2025-62261 — digital-experience-platform
Description
Liferay Portal Stores Password Reset Tokens in Plain Text
Liferay Portal 7.4.0 through 7.4.3.99, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 2023.Q3.1 through 2023.Q3.4, 7.4 GA through update 92, 7.3 GA through update 34, and older unsupported versions stores password reset tokens in plain text, which allows attackers with access to the database to obtain the token, reset a user’s password and take over the user’s account.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.
Weakness class
CVE-2025-62261 is classified as CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. Sensitive values are written to storage unencrypted and readable by anyone with access to it.
Affected software
CVE-2025-62261 is recorded against 4 packages.
- com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl (fixed in 92.0.2)
- com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom (from 7.4.0-ga1 up to 7.4.3.100)
- digital-experience-platform
- liferay-portal (from 7.0.0 up to 7.4.3.100)
Timeline and source
Published on 28 October 2025 and last revised on 15 November 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
liferay.atlassian.net (Web)
liferay.dev (Web)
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.impl | — | 92.0.2 |
| com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom | 7.4.0-ga1 | 7.4.3.100 |
| digital-experience-platform | — | — |
| liferay-portal | 7.0.0 | 7.4.3.100 |
References
Similar Threats
- Medium CVE-2025-62276
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