CVE-2019-25676
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAsk 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAsk Expert Script 3.0.5 contains two critical vulnerabilities exploitable by unauthenticated attackers: a reflected XSS vulnerability in categorysearch.php via the cateid parameter allowing script injection, and a SQL injection vulnerability in list-details.php via the view parameter enabling database extraction or arbitrary code execution.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.0.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Ask Expert Script installation and versionLocate the script's version identifier by checking the script's index file, admin panel, or any version documentation file included in the installation directoryAffected if The installed version is exactly 3.0.5
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Check for categorysearch.php fileSearch the web server document root for the file categorysearch.php and inspect its source code to see if it processes a cateid parameterAffected if The file exists and handles the cateid parameter without input validation
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Check for list-details.php fileSearch the web server document root for the file list-details.php and inspect its source code to see if it processes a view parameter in database queriesAffected if The file exists and uses the view parameter in SQL queries without parameterized queries
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Verify web accessibility of vulnerable scriptsAttempt HTTP requests to categorysearch.php and list-details.php to determine if these endpoints are accessible without authenticationAffected if Either script is accessible via web requests without requiring authentication
Your environment is affected if you have Ask Expert Script version 3.0.5 installed with the vulnerable categorysearch.php and list-details.php files accessible via web without authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply input validation and output encoding for the cateid parameter to mitigate XSS, and use parameterized queries/prepared statements for the view parameter to prevent SQL injection. If no patch is available, consider deploying a WAF or removing the affected scripts.
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