Medium severity · published Sep 9, 2019
CVE-2019-16173
LimeSurvey before v3.17.14 allows reflected XSS for escalating privileges from a low-privileged account to, for example, SuperAdmin
5.4
CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LimeSurvey before v3.17.14 allows reflected XSS for escalating privileges from a low-privileged account to, for example, SuperAdmin. This occurs in application/core/Survey_Common_Action.php,
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Limesurvey · Limesurvey
before 3.17.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16173
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16173
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154479/LimeSurvey-3.17.13-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/22
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/f1c1ad2d24eb262363511fcca2e96ce737064006
Exploit
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/27
Broken Link
https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released
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