# CVE-2025-14731: CTCMS Content Management System Frontend/Template Management CT_Parser.php special elements used in a template engine

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via template injection in CTCMS Frontend/Template Management module.

- **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:** 15 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qc94-7mf2-49v4

## What is CVE-2025-14731?

CVE-2025-14731 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in CTCMS Content Management System, published on 15 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A weakness has been identified in CTCMS Content Management System up to 2.1.2. This affects an unknown function in the library /ctcms/apps/libraries/CT_Parser.php of the component Frontend/Template Management Module. This manipulation causes improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

Weakness: CWE-791 (Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements), CWE-1336 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14731?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ctcms Project Ctcms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14731?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14731 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14731 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in CTCMS Content Management System

- [CVE-2025-4545](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4545/): CTCMS Content Management System File Tpl.php del path traversal (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-14729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14729/): CTCMS Content Management System Backend App Configuration Ct_App.php save code injection (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2025-14730](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14730/): CTCMS Content Management System Backend System Configuration Ct_Config.php code injection (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2024-1925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1925/): Ctcms Upsys.php unrestricted upload (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14731 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14731 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in CTCMS Content Management System, published on 15 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-2025-14731 exists.

Affected product: CTCMS Content 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-2025-14731/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14731/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14731
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14731
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14731

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14731/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.