Medium severity · published Sep 9, 2019
CVE-2019-16178
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or…
5.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via titles of admin box buttons on the home page.
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)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Limesurvey · Limesurvey
before 3.17.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16178
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16178
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e#diff-d539f3f8185667ee48db78e1bf65a3b4R39
Release Notes
https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released
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