# CVE-2023-41599: JFinalCMS - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2023-41599 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2023-41599

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 5.3
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Jfinalcms Project JFinalCMS
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** cms

## Description

An issue in the component /common/DownController.java of JFinalCMS v5.0.0 allows attackers to execute a directory traversal.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2023-41599](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41599) is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting JFinalCMS, specifically through requests to the download controller.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 7th of May 2025.

Insights from the CrowdSec network reveal that the attackers trying to exploit CVE-2023-41599 are composed of a fairly even mix of opportunistic and targeted actors. Some attackers employ preliminary reconnaissance, while others use indiscriminate scanning.
Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2023-41599 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2023-41599 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Attackers typically probe URLs containing `/common/down/file` when attempting to exploit this issue.

## Timeline

- 2023-09-19: CVE Published. CVE-2023-41599 is published to NVD.
- 2025-05-07: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2023-41599 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-05-07: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2023-41599 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-41599.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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