CVE-2025-29058
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn issue in Qimou CMS v.3.34.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the upgrade.php component.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceQimou CMS v3.34.0 contains a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the upgrade.php component. The upgrade functionality fails to properly validate or sanitize input, allowing authenticated or unauthenticated remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands on the affected server.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.34.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Qimou CMS installation and versionLocate the CMS installation directory and check for version indicators such as a version.php file, meta tags in HTML, or a CHANGELOG/readme file that states the installed versionAffected if The installed version is exactly 3.34.0 as stated in the affected versions
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Locate the upgrade.php componentSearch for the upgrade.php file within the web root or CMS installation directory (commonly in admin, panel, or root folders)Affected if The upgrade.php file exists in the installation, indicating the vulnerable component is present
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Verify the upgrade functionality is accessibleAttempt to access the upgrade.php endpoint via HTTP/HTTPS (e.g., GET or POST request to /upgrade.php) without authentication to confirm it is reachableAffected if The upgrade.php endpoint responds without requiring authentication, meaning the vector is exploitable
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Check for input validation in upgrade functionReview the source code of upgrade.php to confirm the upgrade function processes user input without proper sanitization (this step requires code access)Affected if The upgrade function accepts and processes unsanitized input, enabling command injection
If Qimou CMS version 3.34.0 is installed and the upgrade.php component exists and is accessible without authentication, the environment is affected by CVE-2025-29058.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor patches immediately upon release. Until then, disable or restrict access to the upgrade.php component via web server configuration, and implement a web application firewall (WAF) rule to block malicious requests to this endpoint.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-29058 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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