High severity · published Sep 6, 2018
CVE-2018-1000658
LimeSurvey version prior to 3.14.4 contains a file upload vulnerability in upload functionality that can result in an attacker gaining code execution via webshell
8.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LimeSurvey version prior to 3.14.4 contains a file upload vulnerability in upload functionality that can result in an attacker gaining code execution via webshell. This attack appear to be exploitable via an authenticated user uploading a zip archive which can contains malicious php files that can be called under certain circumstances. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 91d143230eb357260a19c8424b3005deb49a47f7 / version 3.14.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Limesurvey · Limesurvey
before 3.14.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000658
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000658
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/20fc85edccc80e7e7f162613542792380c44446a
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/91d143230eb357260a19c8424b3005deb49a47f7
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