CVE-2025-14518 PowerJob Network Request PingPongUtils.java checkConnectivity server-side request forgery

What is CVE-2025-14518?

CVE-2025-14518 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in PowerJob, 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 identified in PowerJob up to 5.1.2. This vulnerability affects the function checkConnectivity of the file src/main/java/tech/powerjob/common/utils/net/PingPongUtils.java of the component Network Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument targetIp/targetPort leads to server-side request forgery. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14518?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including tech.powerjob:powerjob-common. It affects 1 product.

Products include Powerjob Powerjob.

How do I fix CVE-2025-14518?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14518 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2025-14518 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14518 exists.

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• CVE-2023-29924 PowerJob vulnerable to incorrect access control Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-29926 PowerJob vulnerable to remote code execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-36106 PowerJob incorrect access control vulnerability High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8xqm-6fj2-hfgf.