CVE-2025-8516 Kingdee Cloud-Starry-Sky Enterprise Edition IIS-K3CloudMiniApp FileUploadAction.class path traversal
Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the file upload service to read arbitrary files from the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8516?
CVE-2025-8516 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Kingdee Cloud-Starry-Sky Enterprise Edition, published on 4 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A security vulnerability has been detected in Kingdee Cloud-Starry-Sky Enterprise Edition up to 8.2. This issue affects the function BaseServiceFactory.getFileUploadService.deleteFileAction of the file K3Cloud\BBCMallSite\WEB-INF\lib\Kingdee.K3.O2O.Base.WebApp.jar!\kingdee\k3\o2o\base\webapp\action\FileUploadAction.class of the component IIS-K3CloudMiniApp. The manipulation of the argument filePath leads to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue. The vendor recommends as a short-term measure to "[t]emporarily disable external network access to the Kingdee Cloud Galaxy Retail System or set up an IP whitelist for access control." The long-term remediation will be: "Install the security patch provided by the Starry Sky system, with the specific solutions being: i) Adding authentication to the vulnerable CMKAppWebHandler.ashx interface; ii) Removing the file reading function."
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8516?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8516?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-8516 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4r9v-pqh7-jq6c.