CVE-2019-16178

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Medium (5.4) in limesurvey limesurvey. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via titles of admin box buttons on the home page.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 53% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2019-09-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

limesurvey:limesurvey

References

https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e#diff-d539f3f8185667ee48db78e1bf65a3b4R39
https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e#diff-d539f3f8185667ee48db78e1bf65a3b4R39
https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released

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