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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0002.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Flexera Software FlexNet Publisher affected
Version Status Constraints
11.12.1 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47986 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.flexerasoftware.com/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.flexerasoftware.com/monetize/products/flexnet-licensing.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flexnet-publisher-cross-site-request-forgery-add-local-admin cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Flexerasoftware
Flexerasoftware flexnet Publisher
Vendors & Products Flexerasoftware
Flexerasoftware flexnet Publisher

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title FlexNet Publisher 11.12.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add Local Admin)
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-12T15:43:19.099Z

Reserved: 2026-02-11T14:31:05.505Z

Link: CVE-2019-25313

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T15:43:15.634Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-11T21:16:03.550

Modified: 2026-02-12T15:10:37.307

Link: CVE-2019-25313

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T09:03:19Z

Weaknesses