What is CVE-2022-48010?

CVE-2022-48010 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-48010?

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

XSS in Limesurvey

CVE-2022-48010

LimeSurvey v5.4.15 was discovered to contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /index.php/surveyAdministration/rendersidemenulink?subaction=surveytexts. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Description or Welcome-message text fields. NOTE: the vendor indicates that this is not a vulnerability because the manipulation requires Superadministrator privileges, and Superadministrators are already allowed to customize surveys with JavaScript as they wish.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (38.9th 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 5.4.15
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48010?: CVE-2022-48010 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-48010?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.