Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting com.liferay:com.liferay.contacts.web package, versions [,5.0.59)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMLIFERAY-13003368
  • published23 Sept 2025
  • disclosed19 Sept 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-43803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.liferay:com.liferay.contacts.web to version 5.0.59 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the entryId parameter. An attacker can access sensitive contact information, such as names and email addresses, by supplying arbitrary identifiers to the parameter.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1