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CVE-2019-16178

medium

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via titles of admin box buttons on the home page.

References

https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released

https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e#diff-d539f3f8185667ee48db78e1bf65a3b4R39

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-09

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00336