What is CVE-2023-44796?

CVE-2023-44796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-44796?

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

Is CVE-2023-44796 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Limesurvey

CVE-2023-44796

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before version 6.2.9-230925 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the _generaloptions_panel.php component.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.7th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44796?: CVE-2023-44796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-44796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-44796 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.