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)

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Limesurvey

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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