PT-2019-8298 · Limesurvey · Limesurvey

Robin Peraglie · Published 2019-01-15 · Updated 2019-01-24 · CVE-2017-18358

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 versions prior to 2.72.4

Description The issue concerns a Stored XSS that can be triggered by utilizing the Continue Later feature to input an email address. This email address is then mishandled within the admin panel, leading to potential exploitation.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.72.4, update to version 2.72.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18358

Affected Products

Limesurvey

References · 4

• 🔥 https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/limesurvey-persistent-xss-to-code-execution · Exploit
• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/700b20e2ae918550bfbf283f433f07622480978b · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18358 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18358 · Security Note