What is CVE-2019-16179?

CVE-2019-16179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-16179?

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

Vulnerability in Limesurvey

CVE-2019-16179

Limesurvey before 3.17.14 does not enforce SSL/TLS usage in the default configuration.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.010 (58.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Limesurvey
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16179?: CVE-2019-16179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-16179?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.