Path Traversal in Kingdee Cloud-Starry-Sky Enterprise Edition

CVE-2025-8516

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."

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-8516: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8516?
CVE-2025-8516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kingdee Cloud-Starry-Sky Enterprise Edition, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-8516?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8516 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.