What is CVE-2020-11456?

CVE-2020-11456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-11456?

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

Is CVE-2020-11456 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Limesurvey

CVE-2020-11456

LimeSurvey before 4.1.12+200324 has stored XSS in application/views/admin/surveysgroups/surveySettings.php and application/models/SurveysGroups.php (aka survey groups).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.708 (99.3th 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 — versions 4.1.12
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11456?: CVE-2020-11456 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-11456?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-11456 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.