Medium severity · published Nov 18, 2023
CVE-2023-44796
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before version 6.2.9-230925 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the…
5.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before version 6.2.9-230925 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the _generaloptions_panel.php component.
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 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Limesurvey · Limesurvey
before 6.2.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44796
Exploit
https://github.com/Hebing123/CVE-2023-44796/issues/1
github.com
https://github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/4
Patch
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/3483
Patch
https://github.com/limesurvey/limesurvey/commit/135511073c51c332613dd7fad9a8ca0aad34a3fe
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