# CVE-2025-14117: fit2cloud Halo cross-site request forgery

> Remote attackers can perform cross-site request forgery attacks against Halo CMS users, potentially bypassing security controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rqg8-wp3g-7gvx

## What is CVE-2025-14117?

CVE-2025-14117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in fit2cloud Halo, published on 6 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in fit2cloud Halo 2.21.10. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14117?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fit2cloud Halo.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14117?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14117 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14117 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in fit2cloud Halo

- [CVE-2022-22123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22123/): Halo CMS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Article's Title (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-22124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22124/): Halo CMS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Profile Image (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-28074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28074/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14117 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in fit2cloud Halo, published on 6 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14117 exists.

Affected product: fit2cloud Halo. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14117/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14117/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14117
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14117
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14117

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14117/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.