Medium severity · published Sep 21, 2018
CVE-2018-17003
In LimeSurvey 3.14.7, HTML Injection and Stored XSS have been discovered in the appendix via the surveyls_title parameter to /index.php?r=admin/survey/sa/insert
6.1
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In LimeSurvey 3.14.7, HTML Injection and Stored XSS have been discovered in the appendix via the surveyls_title parameter to /index.php?r=admin/survey/sa/insert.
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)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Limesurvey · Limesurvey
3.14.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17003
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17003
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149435/LimeSurvey-3.14.7-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
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