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

> Attackers can exploit a server-side request forgery vulnerability in PowerJob's connectivity check to access internal network resources.

- **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:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8xqm-6fj2-hfgf

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## 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.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tech.powerjob:powerjob-common` | Maven | All versions to 5.1.2 | None |
| `tech.powerjob:powerjob-common` | Maven | All versions to 5.1.2 | None |

Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2025-14518 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in PowerJob

- [CVE-2024-44546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44546/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-37754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37754/): Code injection in PowerJob (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29924/): PowerJob vulnerable to incorrect access control (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29926/): PowerJob vulnerable to remote code execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-36106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36106/): PowerJob incorrect access control vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14518 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- tech.powerjob:powerjob-common (Maven): affected all versions up to 5.1.2; no fix listed
- tech.powerjob:powerjob-common (Maven): affected all versions up to 5.1.2; no fix listed

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-2025-14518/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14518/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14518
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14518
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14518

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14518/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.