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CVE-2019-9960

41
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9960 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting LimeSurvey through version 3.16.1+190225, specifically within the downloadZip function in application/controllers/admin/export.php. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit a relative path, leading to a CVSSv3 score of 9.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for this vulnerability, suggesting readily available exploit code. Despite its severity and exploit availability, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.16.1\+190225CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: LimeSurvey Zip Path Traversals · Apr 2, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1337 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1ed10d3c423187712b8f6a8cb2bc9d5cc3b2deb8
PatchThird Party Advisory