CVE-2019-25596

MEDIUM

SpotAuditor 5.2.6 Name Field Denial of Service

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-25596. PoCs published by Victor Mondragón.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in SpotAuditor 5.2.6 by writing a 300-byte string of 'A' characters to a file, which when pasted into the 'Name' field during registration, causes the application to crash. The exploit demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Description

SpotAuditor 5.2.6 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the registration dialog that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Name field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Name input during registration to trigger an application crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Victor Mondragón · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46778

This PoC exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in SpotAuditor 5.2.6 by writing a 300-byte string of 'A' characters to a file, which when pasted into the 'Name' field during registration, causes the application to crash. The exploit demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SpotAuditor 5.2.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Python to generate the payload file · User interaction to paste the payload into the 'Name' field
devstral-2 · analyzed Mar 22, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit exploit
ExploitDB-46778
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46778
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: SpotAuditor 5.2.6 Name Field Denial of Service
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spotauditor-name-field-denial-of-service

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 9.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-1287
Status published
Products (2)
nsasoft/spotauditor 5.2.6
Nsauditor/SpotAuditor 5.2.6
Published Mar 22, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 22, 2026