2026-02-16 17:5CVE-2019-25388VulnCheck
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-79

Smoothwall Express 3.1 'ipblock.cgi' Cross-Site Scripting

Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting crafted input to the ipblock.cgi endpoint. Attackers can inject script tags through the SRC_IP and COMMENT parameters in POST requests to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

Problem type

Affected products

Smoothwall

Smoothwall Express

3.1 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-jw99-r2cw-rqwg

Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw99-r2cw-rqwg

Smoothwall Express 3.1-SP4-polar-x86_64-update9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting crafted input to the ipblock.cgi endpoint. Attackers can inject script tags through the SRC_IP and COMMENT parameters in POST requests to execute arbitrary JavaScript in users' browsers.

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https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2019-25388
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