CVE-2025-25784

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 26 February 2025

Published

26 February 2025

Modified

10 April 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0041 61.3th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-25784 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Jizhicms Jizhicms. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 38.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

SI-2 mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws, directly addressing the specific arbitrary file upload vulnerability in TemplateController.php through patching.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs, preventing exploitation by ensuring uploaded Zip files are checked for malicious content before processing.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions good match

prevent

SI-9 restricts the types and amounts of allowable inputs, blocking arbitrary uploads of crafted Zip files that enable code execution.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence

Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.

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Why these techniques?

Unauthenticated remote arbitrary file upload (Zip) in public-facing PHP web app directly enables T1190 exploitation and T1505.003 web shell deployment for arbitrary code execution.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component \c\TemplateController.php of Jizhicms v2.5.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted Zip file.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-25784 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting the TemplateController.php component in Jizhicms version 2.5.4. Published on 2025-02-26, the flaw enables attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a specially crafted Zip file, as classified under CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type). The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting its critical severity.

Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this issue over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation allows full compromise of the affected system, providing high-impact access to confidentiality, integrity, and availability through arbitrary code execution.

Mitigation details and additional information are available in the referenced resources, including the Jizhicms websites at http://jizhicms.com and https://www.jizhicms.cn/, as well as documentation in the GitHub repository at https://github.com/Ka7arotto/JizhiCms/blob/main/jizhicms.md.