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CVE-2019-16173

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16173 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey versions prior to 3.17.14, specifically within the application/core/Survey_Common_Action.php file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows a low-privileged attacker to escalate their privileges, potentially to a SuperAdmin account, by tricking a user into interacting with a malicious link. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-47386 · Sep 13, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0367 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: limesurvey/limesurveyFixed in: 3.17.14
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-r5f2-4wf4-cv66medium

Cross-site Scripting in LimeSurvey

May 24, 2022

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/154479/LimeSurvey-3.17.13-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/22
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/f1c1ad2d24eb262363511fcca2e96ce737064006
Patch
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Sep/27
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
limesurvey.org / limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released
Broken Link