PT-2018-13823 · Limesurvey · Limesurvey

Published 2018-09-21 · Updated 2018-11-09 · CVE-2018-17003

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LimeSurvey version 3.14.7

Description A security issue has been found in LimeSurvey, where HTML Injection and Stored XSS can be executed via the surveyls title parameter to the "/index.php?r=admin/survey/sa/insert" API endpoint.

Recommendations For LimeSurvey version 3.14.7, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/index.php?r=admin/survey/sa/insert" API endpoint until a patch is available. Avoid using the surveyls title parameter in this endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-17003

Affected Products

Limesurvey

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17003 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17003 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149435/LimeSurvey-3.14.7-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note