What is CVE-2018-1000053?

CVE-2018-1000053 is a high-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000053?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Limesurvey

CVE-2018-1000053

LimeSurvey version 3.0.0-beta.3+17110 contains a Cross ite Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Theme Uninstallation that can result in CSRF causing LimeSurvey admins to delete all their themes, rendering the website unusable. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simple HTML markup can be used to send a GET request to the affected endpoint.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Limesurvey — versions 3.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000053?: CVE-2018-1000053 is a high-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000053?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.