Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-25784

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 26 February 2025

Published
26 February 2025
Modified
10 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 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 61.7th 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 38.3% 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).

Deeper analysis

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.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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.
T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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

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CVE-2026-3292Same product: Jizhicms Jizhicms
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CVE-2025-46384Shared CWE-434
CVE-2025-13516Shared CWE-434
CVE-2024-13011Shared CWE-434
CVE-2025-8323Shared CWE-434

Affected Assets

jizhicms
jizhicms
2.5.4

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

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

prevent

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

prevent

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

References