CVE-2021-44967

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilty exists in LimeSurvey 5.2.4 via the upload and install plugins function, which could let a remote malicious user upload an arbitrary PHP code file.

Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de Ejecución de Código Remota (RCE) en LimeSurvey versión 5.2.4 por medio de la función upload and install plugins, que podría permitir a un usuario remoto malicioso cargar un archivo de código PHP arbitrario

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-12-13 CVE Reserved
2022-02-22 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-01-06 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/D3Ext/LimeSurvey-RCE	2025-01-05
https://github.com/Y1LD1R1M-1337/Limesurvey-RCE	2024-08-04
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50573	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

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"				5.2.4 Search vendor "Limesurvey" for product "Limesurvey" and version "5.2.4"		-		Affected