CVE-2025-0461
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a path traversal vulnerability in Shanghai Lingdang Information Technology's Lingdang CRM software. Attackers can manipulate the 'pathfile' parameter to access files outside the intended directory. This affects all Lingdang CRM installations up to version 8.6.0.0.
💻 Affected Systems
- Shanghai Lingdang Information Technology Lingdang CRM
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could read sensitive system files, configuration files, or application source code, potentially leading to credential theft, system compromise, or further exploitation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized file reading of application files, configuration files, or other accessible files within the web server context.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper file permissions and web server sandboxing, though information disclosure may still occur.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available in the referenced GitHub document. The vulnerability requires no authentication and has simple exploitation steps.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Vendor has not responded to disclosure. Consider workarounds or alternative software.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock or sanitize requests containing path traversal patterns in the pathfile parameter
WAF-specific configuration required
Input Validation Filter
allAdd server-side validation to reject pathfile parameters containing '../' or absolute paths
Application-specific code modification required
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict network access to the CRM application to trusted IPs only
- Implement strict file system permissions to limit what files the web server can read
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by accessing the vulnerable endpoint with a path traversal payload in the pathfile parameter and checking for file disclosure
Check Version:
Check CRM version in application interface or configuration files
Verify Fix Applied:
Verify that path traversal attempts return error messages or are blocked rather than disclosing files
📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /crm/weixinmp/index.php containing '../' or similar patterns in parameters
- Unusual file access patterns from web server process
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with path traversal sequences in URL parameters
SIEM Query:
web.url:*crm/weixinmp/index.php* AND (web.query:*../* OR web.query:*..\*)