Medium severity · published Feb 16, 2026
CVE-2019-25395
Smoothwall Express 3.1 'preferences.cgi' Cross-Site Scripting
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Smoothwall Express · Smoothwall
3.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25395
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25395
Product
http://www.smoothwall.org
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46333
Broken Link
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smoothwall-express-preferencescgi-cross-site-scrip
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