OrientDB 3.0.17 Document Endpoint Name cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in OrientDB 3.0.17. This affects an unknown function of the component Document Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-25448. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OrientDB 3.0.17. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Document Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument name with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

OrientDB 3.0.17 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by creating users with script payloads in the name parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the document endpoint with JavaScript code in the name field to execute arbitrary scripts when users view the application.

The weakness was disclosed by Ozer Goker as 46517. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-25448 since 02/20/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available 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 (46517). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• OrientDB

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• 3.0.17

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