What is CVE-2019-16176?

CVE-2019-16176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-16176?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Limesurvey

CVE-2019-16176

A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows a remote attacker to discover the path to the application in the filesystem.

Published 2019-09-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-26.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Limesurvey

References

www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-rele… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16176?: CVE-2019-16176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-16176?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.