# CVE-2025-14516: Yalantis uCrop URL com.yalantis.ucrop.task.BitmapLoadTask.java downloadFile server-side request forgery

> Attackers can exploit a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the Yalantis uCrop library to access internal resources or bypass security controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hc2c-3jfq-mf3m

## What is CVE-2025-14516?

CVE-2025-14516 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Yalantis uCrop, published on 11 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Yalantis uCrop 2.2.11. Affected by this issue is the function downloadFile of the file com.yalantis.ucrop.task.BitmapLoadTask.java of the component URL Handler. Performing manipulation results in server-side request forgery. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14516?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Yalantis Ucrop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14516?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14516 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14516 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Yalantis uCrop

- [CVE-2025-14517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14517/): Yalantis uCrop AndroidManifest.xml UCropActivity improper export of android application components (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14516 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14516 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Yalantis uCrop, published on 11 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14516 exists.

Affected product: Yalantis uCrop. 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-2025-14516/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14516/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14516
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14516
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14516

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14516/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.