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Cross-site Scripting in LimeSurvey

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 14, 2023

Package

composer limesurvey/limesurvey (Composer)

Affected versions

< 3.17.14

Patched versions

3.17.14

Description

LimeSurvey before v3.17.14 allows reflected XSS for escalating privileges from a low-privileged account to, for example, SuperAdmin. This occurs in application/core/Survey_Common_Action.php,

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 9, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Feb 14, 2023
Last updated Feb 14, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-16173

GHSA ID

GHSA-r5f2-4wf4-cv66

Source code

No known source code
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