CVE-2008-2571 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) before 1.71 allows remote attackers to change arbitrary quotas as administrators via a "modify quota" action.

Published: 2008-06-06

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:1.49:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:1.52:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2566	Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) before 1.71 allows remote attackers to change arbitrary quotas as administrators via a "modify quota" action.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01107.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30495
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=74605&release_id=603922
http://www.limesurvey.org/content/view/102/1/lang%2Cen/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29506
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42807

History

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Subscriptions

Limesurvey Limesurvey

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-06-06T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:05:29.911Z

Reserved: 2008-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2571

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-06-06T18:32:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:54:01.063

Link: CVE-2008-2571

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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