LimeSurvey up to 1.79 Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in LimeSurvey up to 1.79. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-1604. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in LimeSurvey up to 1.79 (Survey Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in LimeSurvey before 1.82 allows remote attackers to execute commands and obtain sensitive data via unknown attack vectors related to /admin/remotecontrol/.

The bug was discovered 04/29/2009. The weakness was released 05/11/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1604 since 05/11/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38694 (LimeSurvey sUser Parameter SQL Injection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.80 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50263), Tenable (38694), SecurityFocus (BID 34785†), OSVDB (54396†) and Secunia (SA34946†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Survey Software

Name

• LimeSurvey

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63
• 1.64
• 1.65
• 1.66
• 1.67
• 1.68
• 1.69
• 1.70
• 1.71
• 1.72
• 1.73
• 1.74
• 1.75
• 1.76
• 1.77
• 1.78
• 1.79

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 38694
Nessus Name: LimeSurvey sUser Parameter SQL Injection
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OpenVAS ID: 900353
OpenVAS Name: LimeSurvey Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: LimeSurvey 1.80

Timelineinfo

04/29/2009 🔍
04/29/2009 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2009 +1 days 🔍
04/30/2009 +0 days 🔍
05/06/2009 +6 days 🔍
05/10/2009 +4 days 🔍
05/11/2009 +1 days 🔍
05/11/2009 +0 days 🔍
05/11/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2136 days 🔍
09/03/2019 +1631 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-1604 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1604
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48116
X-Force: 50263
SecurityFocus: 34785 - LimeSurvey '/admin/remotecontrol' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 34946 - LimeSurvey Unspecified Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 54396 - LimeSurvey - '.admin.remotecontrol' Remote Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21950 - LimeSurvey <1.82 /admin/remotecontrol/ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-1219

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/03/2019 09:44
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (74), 09/03/2019 09:44 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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