CVE-2019-16173: LimeSurvey before v3.17.14 allows reflected XSS for escalating privileges from a low-privileged account to, for example, SuperAdmin. This occurs in…

PriorityP433medium5.4CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUIRSCCLILAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

3.67%

88.3th percentile

LimeSurvey before v3.17.14 allows reflected XSS for escalating privileges from a low-privileged account to, for example, SuperAdmin. This occurs in application/core/Survey_Common_Action.php,

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
limesurvey	limesurvey	< 3.17.4	3.17.4
limesurvey	limesurvey	>= 0 < 3.17.14	3.17.14

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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