What is CVE-2019-16178?

CVE-2019-16178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-16178?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Limesurvey

CVE-2019-16178

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via titles of admin box buttons on the home page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Limesurvey
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16178?: CVE-2019-16178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-16178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.