CVE-2023-44796

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Published Nov 17, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before version 6.2.9-230925 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the _generaloptions_panel.php component.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.679% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Hebing123/CVE-2023-44796/issues/1
https://github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/4
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/3483
https://github.com/limesurvey/limesurvey/commit/135511073c51c332613dd7fad9a8ca0aad34a3fe

History

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Subscriptions

Limesurvey Limesurvey

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:07 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 17, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:07 PM
Reserved: Oct 2, 2023, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:27 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 18, 2023, 12:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:27 AM

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