High severity · published Sep 9, 2019
CVE-2019-16187
Limesurvey before 3.17.14 uses an anti-CSRF cookie without the HttpOnly flag, which allows attackers to access a cookie value via a client-side script
7.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Limesurvey before 3.17.14 uses an anti-CSRF cookie without the HttpOnly flag, which allows attackers to access a cookie value via a client-side script.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% 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-2019-16187
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16187
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e#diff-d539f3f8185667ee48db78e1bf65a3b4R48
Release Notes
https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released
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