CVE-2025-14013VulnerabilityPublished 4 Dec 2025Updated 24 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-14013: JIZHICMS · Cross Site Scripting

Affects JIZHICMSSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

4.8Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 20% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Base metrics

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: Passive
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: Low
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Threat metrics

Exploit Maturity: POC

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: High: The attacker requires privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable system allowing full access to the vulnerable system’s settings and files.
User Interaction: Passive: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires limited interaction by the targeted user with the vulnerable system and the attacker’s payload. These interactions would be considered involuntary and do not require that the user actively subvert protections built into the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact to the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Exploit Maturity: POC: Based on threat intelligence sources each of the following must apply: · Proof-of-concept is publicly available · No knowledge of reported attempts to exploit this vulnerability · No knowledge of publicly available solutions used to simplify attempts to exploit the vulnerability

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
GitHub24-2021/jizhicms`pkg:github/24-2021/jizhicms`Other threats	Affected =2.5.0 =2.5.1 =2.5.2 =2.5.3 =2.5.4 =2.5.5	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Given the absence of an official patch, organizations should implement immediate compensating controls. First, restrict access to the administrative interface by IP whitelisting or VPN-only access to reduce exposure. Second, implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious input patterns targeting the 'body' parameter in the Comment Handler. Third, enforce strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to limit the execution of unauthorized scripts in the admin interface. Fourth, educate administrators to be cautious when reviewing comments and to log out when not actively managing the CMS. Additionally, consider deploying input validation and output encoding at the application level if source code access is available, sanitizing the 'body' parameter before rendering. Monitor logs for unusual activity related to comment submissions or admin interface access. Finally, plan to upgrade or migrate to a CMS version or alternative platform once a vendor patch or fix becomes available.

Description

A vulnerability was identified in JIZHICMS up to 2.5.5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /index.php/admins/Comment/addcomment.html of the component Comment Handler. The manipulation of the argument body leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Impact

The primary impact of this XSS vulnerability is on the confidentiality and integrity of administrative sessions within JIZHICMS. An attacker exploiting this flaw can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of an administrator's browser, potentially stealing session cookies, performing unauthorized actions, or defacing the administrative interface. This can lead to further compromise of the CMS, including unauthorized content changes, data leakage, or pivoting to other internal systems. Since the vulnerability is remotely exploitable and requires only user interaction, it poses a moderate risk to organizations using affected versions of JIZHICMS. The lack of vendor response and patches increases the window of exposure. Organizations relying on JIZHICMS for website management, especially those with sensitive or high-traffic sites, face risks of reputational damage, data breaches, and operational disruption if exploited.

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