What is CVE-2019-25021?

CVE-2019-25021 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scytl Secure Vote, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-25021?

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

Vulnerability in Scytl Secure Vote

CVE-2019-25021

An issue was discovered in Scytl sVote 2.1. Due to the implementation of the database manager, an attacker can access the OrientDB by providing admin as the admin password. A different password cannot be set because of the implementation in code.

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: 0.012 (67.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Scytl Secure Vote — versions 2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

suid.ch/research/CVE-2019-25021.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-25021?: CVE-2019-25021 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scytl Secure Vote, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-25021?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.