CVE-2019-25313 — FlexNet Publisher 11

FlexNet Publisher 11.12.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrative user accounts without authentication. Attackers can craft a malicious HTML form to trick authenticated users into submitting a request that creates a new l

01What is this vulnerability?

FlexNet Publisher 11.12.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrative user accounts without authentication. Attackers can craft a malicious HTML form to trick authenticated users into submitting a request that creates a new local admin account with a predefined password.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2026-02-11T20:49:47.374Z
• Last modified: 2026-03-05T01:26:03.005Z

09References

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47986
• www.flexerasoftware.com — https://www.flexerasoftware.com/
• www.flexerasoftware.com — https://www.flexerasoftware.com/monetize/products/flexnet-licensing.html
• www.vulncheck.com — https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexnet-publisher-cross-site-request-forger…