Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web package, versions [,5.0.31)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMLIFERAY-12008937
  • published19 Aug 2025
  • disclosed18 Aug 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-43732  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.roles.selector.web to version 5.0.31 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the groupId parameter in the EditRolesUsersDisplayContext function. An attacker with administrative privileges can access user lists from other organizations by modifying the groupId value to reference unauthorized resources.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1