---
id: CVE-2019-25434
title: >-
  SpotAuditor 5.3.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows
  unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting excessive
  data in the registration name field
summary: >-
  SpotAuditor 5.3.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows
  unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting excessive
  data in the registration name field. Attackers can enter a large string of
  characters (…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-121
vendor: nsasoft
product: spotauditor
affected:
  - spotauditor <= 5.3.1.0
published: '2026-02-20'
updated: '2026-06-29'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25434'
references:
  - url: 'http://www.nsauditor.com'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47494'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spotauditor-denial-of-service-via-registration-name-field
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00315
epssPercentile: 0.24669
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T21:48:47.438Z'
---

## Overview

SpotAuditor 5.3.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting excessive data in the registration name field. Attackers can enter a large string of characters (5000 bytes or more) in the name field during registration to trigger an unhandled exception that crashes the application.

## Affected

- `spotauditor <= 5.3.1.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.