CVE-2020-25797 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Add Participants Function (First and last name parameters). When the survey participant being edited, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.

Published: 2020-12-31

Score: 5.4 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:3.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-18441	LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Add Participants Function (First and last name parameters). When the survey participant being edited, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00697.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=15680
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/0a7bdfa1c166f734d11a1528c8d9a7d61b670ad7

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Limesurvey Limesurvey

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-12-31T17:06:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.956Z

Reserved: 2020-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-25797

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-31T18:15:13.030

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:07:19.407

Link: CVE-2020-25797

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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