# CVE-2025-14531: code-projects Rental Management System Log Transaction.java crlf injection

> Remote attackers can inject CRLF sequences into log files via the Transaction.java component, potentially corrupting logs or enabling log forging.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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-wf84-cw86-vjx4

## What is CVE-2025-14531?

CVE-2025-14531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in code-projects Rental Management System, 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 code-projects Rental Management System 2.0. This affects an unknown function of the file Transaction.java of the component Log Handler. Performing manipulation results in crlf injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

Weakness: CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14531?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Carmelo Rental Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14531?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14531 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14531 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14531 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in code-projects Rental Management System, 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-2025-14531 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Rental Management System. 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-2025-14531/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14531/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14531
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14531
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14531

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14531/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.