PT-2018-9511 · Limesurvey · Limesurvey

Published 2018-09-06 · Updated 2018-10-26 · CVE-2018-1000659

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LimeSurvey versions prior to 3.14.4

Description The issue concerns a directory traversal vulnerability in the file upload functionality, allowing an authenticated user to upload a specially crafted zip file and achieve remote code execution. This can be exploited by uploading a malicious zip file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.14.4, update to a version that includes the fix committed after 72a02ebaaf95a80e26127ee7ee2b123cccce05a7. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the file upload functionality until a patch is available.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1000659

Affected Products

Limesurvey

References · 3

• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/72a02ebaaf95a80e26127ee7ee2b123cccce05a7 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000659 · Security Note