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CVE-2017-18358

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18358 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey versions prior to 2.72.4. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts by leveraging the "Continue Later" feature to input a specially crafted email address, which is then improperly rendered in the administrative panel. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N), potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.72.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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

blog.ripstech.com / 2018/limesurvey-persistent-xss-to-code-execution
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/700b20e2ae918550bfbf283f433f07622480978b
PatchThird Party Advisory