What is CVE-2019-14512?

CVE-2019-14512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-14512?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Limesurvey

CVE-2019-14512

LimeSurvey 3.17.7+190627 has XSS via Boxes in application/extensions/PanelBoxWidget/views/box.php or a label title in application/views/admin/labels/labelview_view.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Limesurvey — versions 3.17.7+190627, 3.17.7\+190627

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.limesurvey.org/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.linkedin.com/in/michelecisternino/ (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/f2566f6978a77e3f0870079c45cda1c065a58a73 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/0b7391dff91b326284ca3fc5188b768b5d522d88 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14512?: CVE-2019-14512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-14512?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.