What is CVE-2020-25797?

CVE-2020-25797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-25797?

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

XSS in Limesurvey

CVE-2020-25797

LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Add Participants Function (First and last name parameters). When the survey participant being edited, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.

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 — versions 3.21.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25797?: CVE-2020-25797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-25797?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.