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TI-2025-02813 Aliases CVE-2025-3214GHSA-g9jw-53r4-8v8g

JFinal CMS readTemplate engine.getTemplate path traversal

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in JFinal CMS up to 5.2.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function engine.getTemplate of the file /readTemplate. The manipulation of the argument template leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor explains that this is not a bug but a feature.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00507 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JFinalCMS5.2.0; 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.3; 5.2.4—No fix listedCNA
  • CMS VendorJFinal Affected 5.2.0; 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.3; 5.2.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3214
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g9jw-53r4-8v8g

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2021-11722 Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability in jFinal v.4.9.08 allows a remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-11729 In applications using jfinal 4.9.08 and below, there is a deserialization vulnerability… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-12950 In JFinal cos before 2019-08-13, as used in JFinal 4.4, there is a vulnerability that can… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-12815 An issue was discovered in JFinal framework v4.9.10 and below. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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