Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 POST Request preferences.cgi HOSTNAME/KEYMAP/OPENNESS cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file preferences.cgi of the component POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument HOSTNAME/KEYMAP/OPENNESS results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-25395. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9. This affects some unknown functionality of the file preferences.cgi of the component POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument HOSTNAME/KEYMAP/OPENNESS with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published by Ozer Goker as 46333. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-25395 since 02/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46333). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Smoothwall

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• Express

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• 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9

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