Medium severity · published Jan 15, 2019
CVE-2017-18358
LimeSurvey before 2.72.4 has Stored XSS by using the Continue Later (aka Resume later) feature to enter an email address, which is mishandled in the admin panel
6.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LimeSurvey before 2.72.4 has Stored XSS by using the Continue Later (aka Resume later) feature to enter an email address, which is mishandled in the admin panel.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Limesurvey · Limesurvey
before 2.72.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18358
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18358
Exploit
https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/limesurvey-persistent-xss-to-code-execution/
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/700b20e2ae918550bfbf283f433f07622480978b
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