Medium severity · published Dec 31, 2020
CVE-2020-25797
LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Add Participants Function (First and last name parameters)
5.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Add Participants Function (First and last name parameters). When the survey participant being edited, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.
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
3.21.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25797
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25797
Exploit
https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=15680
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/0a7bdfa1c166f734d11a1528c8d9a7d61b670ad7
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