# CVE-2025-4259: newbee-mall UploadController.java upload unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files to the newbee-mall web application, potentially leading to remote 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`)
- **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:** 5 May 2025
- **Updated:** 5 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jfrx-g95w-9254

## What is CVE-2025-4259?

CVE-2025-4259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in newbee-mall, published on 5 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in newbee-mall 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Upload of the file ltd/newbee/mall/controller/common/UploadController.java. The manipulation of the argument File leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4259?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Newbee-Mall Project Newbee-Mall.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4259?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4259 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4259 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4259 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in newbee-mall

- [CVE-2022-27477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27477/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-23448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23448/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-19113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19113/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-26218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26218/): newbee-mall Default Seeded Administrator Credentials Allow Account Takeover (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-26219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26219/): newbee-mall Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing Enables Offline Credential Cracking (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4259 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in newbee-mall, published on 5 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4259 exists.

Affected product: newbee-mall. 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-2025-4259/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4259/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4259
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4259
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4259

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4259/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.