Medium severity · published Sep 3, 2018
CVE-2018-16397
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,
4.9
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Limesurvey · Limesurvey
before 3.14.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16397
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16397
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/3be9b41e76826b57f5860d18d93b23f47d59d2e4/docs/release_notes.txt#L51
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