# CVE-2025-14517: Yalantis uCrop AndroidManifest.xml UCropActivity improper export of android application components

> Local attackers can bypass security restrictions by exploiting improperly exported Android components in the uCrop library.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jxgf-p72g-v48g

## What is CVE-2025-14517?

CVE-2025-14517 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Yalantis uCrop, published on 11 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was determined in Yalantis uCrop 2.2.11. This affects the function UCropActivity  of the file AndroidManifest.xml. Executing manipulation can lead to improper export of android application components. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-926 (Improper Export of Android Application Components)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14517?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Yalantis Ucrop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14517 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14517 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14517 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Yalantis uCrop

- [CVE-2025-14516](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14516/): Yalantis uCrop URL com.yalantis.ucrop.task.BitmapLoadTask.java downloadFile server-side request forgery (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14517 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14517 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Yalantis uCrop, published on 11 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14517 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-2025-14517/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14517/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14517
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14517
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14517

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14517/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.