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CVE-2019-25676

Ask Expert Script 3.0.5 contains cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious code by manipulating URL parameters.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.46%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Ask Expert Script 3.0.5 contains cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious code by manipulating URL parameters. Attackers can inject script tags through the cateid parameter in categorysearch.php or SQL code through the view parameter in list-details.php to execute arbitrary code or extract database information.

CVSS 4.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.46% probability · 40th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79, CWE-89
Affected
phpscriptsmall/ask expert script
Source
disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.46%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.