# CVE-2019-25552: CEWE PHOTO SHOW 6.4.3 Denial of Service via Password Field

> Attackers can crash CEWE PHOTO SHOW by pasting an excessively long string into the password field during upload.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w87c-589x-qqc3

## What is CVE-2019-25552?

CVE-2019-25552 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cewe-Photoworld CEWE PHOTO SHOW, published on 21 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CEWE PHOTO SHOW 6.4.3 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long buffer to the password field. Attackers can paste a large string of repeated characters into the password input during the upload process to trigger an application crash.

Weakness: CWE-836 (Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25552?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cewe Photo Show.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25552?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25552 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25552 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cewe-Photoworld CEWE PHOTO SHOW, published on 21 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cewe-Photoworld CEWE PHOTO SHOW. 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-2019-25552/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25552/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25552
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25552
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25552

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