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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Smoothwall Smoothwall Express affected
Version Status Constraints
3.1 affected —

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References
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http://www.smoothwall.org cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46333 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smoothwall-express-preferencescgi-cross-site-scrip cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Smoothwall Express 3.1 'preferences.cgi' Cross-Site Scripting
First Time appeared Smoothwall
Smoothwall smoothwall
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:smoothwall:smoothwall:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Smoothwall
Smoothwall smoothwall
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-16T17:05:07.943Z

Reserved: 2026-02-16T16:36:14.402Z

Link: CVE-2019-25395

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-16T18:19:44.480

Modified: 2026-02-16T18:19:44.480

Link: CVE-2019-25395

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