CVE-2019-25395 (GCVE-0-2019-25395)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-16 17:05 – Updated: 2026-02-17 14:48
VLAI?
Title
Smoothwall Express 3.1 'preferences.cgi' Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the preferences.cgi script that allow attackers to inject malicious scripts through the HOSTNAME, KEYMAP, and OPENNESS parameters. Attackers can submit POST requests with script payloads to preferences.cgi to store malicious code that executes in the browsers of users accessing the preferences page.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Smoothwall Smoothwall Express Affected: 3.1
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Credits
Ozer Goker
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