# CVE-2025-14522: baowzh hfly upload_json.php unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload arbitrary files via the upload_json.php endpoint, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-chw2-7jr9-47ch

## What is CVE-2025-14522?

CVE-2025-14522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in baowzh hfly, published on 11 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in baowzh hfly up to 638ff9abe9078bc977c132b37acbe1900b63491c. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /Public/Kindeditor/php/upload_json.php. Performing manipulation of the argument imgFile results in unrestricted upload. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. This product is using a rolling release to provide continious delivery. Therefore, no version details for affected nor updated releases are available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14522?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Baowzh Hfly.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14522?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14522 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in baowzh hfly

- [CVE-2025-14520](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14520/): baowzh hfly delfile path traversal (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-14521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14521/): baowzh hfly download path traversal (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-14519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14519/): baowzh hfly advtext add cross site scripting (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14522 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in baowzh hfly, published on 11 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14522 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: baowzh hfly. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14522/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14522/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14522
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14522
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14522

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14522/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.