CVE-2019-16172

LimeSurvey 3.17.13 - Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

LimeSurvey before v3.17.14 allows stored XSS for escalating privileges from a low-privileged account to, for example, SuperAdmin. The attack uses a survey group in which the title contains JavaScript that is mishandled upon group deletion.

LimeSurvey versiones anteriores a v3.17.14, permite un ataque de tipo XSS almacenado para escalar los privilegios desde una cuenta con pocos privilegios para, por ejemplo, SuperAdmin. El ataque utiliza un grupo de encuesta en el que el título contiene JavaScript que es manejado inapropiadamente tras eliminar el grupo.

LimeSurvey versions 3.17.13 and below suffer from reflective and persistent cross site scripting vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-09-09 CVE Reserved
2019-09-09 CVE Published
2019-09-13 First Exploit
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47386	2019-09-13
https://github.com/TrixSec/CVE-2019-16172	2024-10-06
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154479/LimeSurvey-3.17.13-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	2024-08-05
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/22	2024-08-05
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/27	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/32d6a5224327b246ee3a2a08500544e4f80f9a9a	2023-02-13

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Limesurvey Search vendor "Limesurvey"		Limesurvey Search vendor "Limesurvey" for product "Limesurvey"				< 3.17.4 Search vendor "Limesurvey" for product "Limesurvey" and version " < 3.17.4"		-		Affected