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.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
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| https://vuldb.com/?id.303169 | vdb entry technical description |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.303169 | signature permissions required |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.548985 | third party advisory |
| https://github.com/Q16G/cve_detail/blob/main/jfinal/jfinal_enjoy_file_read.md | exploit |