# CVE-2025-14700: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine in Crafty Controller

> Remote authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code via Server Side Template Injection in the Webhook Template component.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-34hw-4cqq-qh3w

## What is CVE-2025-14700?

CVE-2025-14700 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Arcadia Technology, LLC Crafty Controller, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An input neutralization vulnerability in the Webhook Template component of Crafty Controller allows a remote, authenticated attacker to perform remote code execution via Server Side Template Injection.

Weakness: CWE-1336 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14700?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Craftycontrol Crafty Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14700?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14700 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Proof of Concept for Authenticated RCE in Crafty Controller <= 4.6.1 (github_poc): https://github.com/Nosiume/CVE-2025-14700-poc
- Proof of Concept for Authenticated RCE in Crafty Controller (github_poc): https://github.com/secdongle/POC_CVE-2025-14700

## Other vulnerabilities in Arcadia Technology, LLC Crafty Controller

- [CVE-2026-0963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0963/): Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Crafty Controller (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-13716](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-13716/): Path Traversal: '.../...//' in Crafty Controller (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-5652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5652/): Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Crafty Controller (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-0805](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0805/): Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Crafty Controller (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2025-5990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5990/): Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Crafty Controller (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14700 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14700 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Arcadia Technology, LLC Crafty Controller, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Arcadia Technology, LLC Crafty Controller. 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-2025-14700/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14700/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14700
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14700
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14700

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14700/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.