PT-2019-14552 · Limesurvey · Limesurvey

Published 2019-09-09 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2019-16172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LimeSurvey versions prior to 3.17.14

Description The issue allows for stored XSS, enabling an attacker to escalate privileges from a low-privileged account to a higher-privileged one, such as SuperAdmin. This is achieved by creating a survey group with a title containing JavaScript, which is not properly handled when the group is deleted.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.17.14, update to version 3.17.14 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-16172

GHSA-FR47-R224-C36M

Affected Products

Limesurvey

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/TrixSec/CVE-2019-16172 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154479/LimeSurvey-3.17.13-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/22 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/47386 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/27 · Exploit
• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/32d6a5224327b246ee3a2a08500544e4f80f9a9a · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fr47-r224-c36m · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16172 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released · Note