CVE-2020-16192 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

LimeSurvey 4.3.2 allows reflected XSS because application/controllers/LSBaseController.php lacks code to validate parameters.

Published: 2020-08-05

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:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-8158	LimeSurvey 4.3.2 allows reflected XSS because application/controllers/LSBaseController.php lacks code to validate parameters.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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 0.00665.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/1479/commits/4109a8d157e46c48ca34b995ef61a6e0f6905236

History

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Subscriptions

Limesurvey Limesurvey

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-08-05T15:05:10.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:37:54.197Z

Reserved: 2020-07-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16192

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-05T16:15:12.190

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:57:49.900

Link: CVE-2020-16192

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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