SNS Vulnerability

LimeSurvey Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability Fixed by 2.50 build 160525

Description

(:A cross-site scripting vulnerability was reported in LimeSurvey.:A remote attacker could exploit it by enticing their victim into following a specially crafted link in order to execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code.::This vulnerability is located in the template editing and is due to an improper validation of user-supplied input.)

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
LimeSurvey (LimeSurvey) - 1.72, 1.91, 1.91 Build 11228, 1.91 Build 11379-20111116, 1.92, ..., 2.06 Build 151014, 2.06 Build 151016, 2.06 Build 151109, 2.06 Build 151205, 2.50 Build 160523

Solution

LimeSurvey has released the version 2.50 build 160525 which fixes this vulnerability.

CVE

References

- LimeSurvey : released
https://www.limesurvey.org/stable-release/file/1746-limesurvey250plus-build160616zip?tmpl=component

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Moderate

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2016-05-25

Target Type

Server

Possible exploit

Remote