A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in LimeSurvey 1.49/1.52/1.70 (Survey Software). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) before 1.71 allows remote attackers to change arbitrary quotas as administrators via a "modify quota" action.

The weakness was shared 06/06/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2571 since 06/06/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 1.70 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (42807). The entry 42688 is related to this item.

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• Survey Software

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• LimeSurvey

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• 1.49
• 1.52
• 1.70

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• open-source

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