What is CVE-2019-25020?

CVE-2019-25020 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scytl Secure Vote, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-25020?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Scytl Secure Vote

CVE-2019-25020

An issue was discovered in Scytl sVote 2.1. Because the sdm-ws-rest API does not require authentication, an attacker can retrieve the administrative configuration by sending a POST request to the /sdm-ws-rest/preconfiguration URI.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2021-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Scytl Secure Vote — versions 2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

suid.ch/research/CVE-2019-25020.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-25020?: CVE-2019-25020 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scytl Secure Vote, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-25020?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.