PT-2020-14794 · Limesurvey · Limesurvey

Shnoulle · Published 2020-08-05 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2020-16192

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 4.3.2

Description The issue allows for reflected XSS due to a lack of validation for parameters in the application/controllers/LSBaseController.php file.

Recommendations For LimeSurvey version 4.3.2, consider adding validation code to the LSBaseController.php file to properly check parameters and prevent XSS attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to potentially vulnerable areas of the application until a proper fix can be applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BIT-LIMESURVEY-2020-16192

CVE-2020-16192

Affected Products

Limesurvey

References · 4

• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/1479/commits/4109a8d157e46c48ca34b995ef61a6e0f6905236 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16192 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16192 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-limesurvey-2020-16192 · Vendor Advisory