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CVE-2019-16186

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16186 describes an improper permission vulnerability in Limesurvey versions prior to 3.17.14, allowing authenticated administrative users to access the plugin manager without proper authorization. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), indicating that an attacker with high privileges can exploit it over the network with low complexity to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.17.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

github.com / LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e
PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
limesurvey.org / limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-released
Release NotesVendor Advisory