What is CVE-2018-16397?

CVE-2018-16397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-16397?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Limesurvey

CVE-2018-16397

In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Limesurvey
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16397?: CVE-2018-16397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-16397?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.