CVE-2017-18358 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

LimeSurvey before 2.72.4 has Stored XSS by using the Continue Later (aka Resume later) feature to enter an email address, which is mishandled in the admin panel.

Published: 2019-01-15

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-9477	LimeSurvey before 2.72.4 has Stored XSS by using the Continue Later (aka Resume later) feature to enter an email address, which is mishandled in the admin panel.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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 0.00947.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/limesurvey-persistent-xss-to-code-execution/
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/700b20e2ae918550bfbf283f433f07622480978b

History

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Subscriptions

Limesurvey Limesurvey

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-01-15T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:20:50.655Z

Reserved: 2019-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18358

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-15T16:29:00.383

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:12:40.907

Link: CVE-2017-18358

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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