CVE-2025-3214: JFinal CMS readTemplate engine.getTemplate path traversal

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

JFinal CMS: 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4

References

https://github.com/Q16G/cve_detail/blob/main/jfinal/jfinal_enjoy_file_read.md
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.303169
https://vuldb.com/?id.303169
https://vuldb.com/?submit.548985

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