# CVE-2019-25448: OrientDB 3.0.17 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Creation

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via user creation in OrientDB, leading to script execution when other users view the application.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fjxv-44q5-26f4

## What is CVE-2019-25448?

CVE-2019-25448 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OrientDB, published on 20 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25448?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Orientdb Orientdb.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25448?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25448 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25448 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25448 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in OrientDB

- [CVE-2017-11467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11467/): OrientDB vulnerable to Improper Privilage Management leading to arbitrary command injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-2912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2912/): OrientDB-Server vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-2918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2918/): OrientDB Studio web management interface is vulnerable to clickjacking attacks (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2015-2913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2913/): OrientDB Server Community Edition uses insufficiently random values to generate session IDs (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2019-25447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25447/): OrientDB 3.0.17 Cross-Site Request Forgery (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25448 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25448 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OrientDB, published on 20 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25448 exists.

Affected product: OrientDB. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25448/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25448/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25448
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25448
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25448

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