CVE-2018-7556 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

LimeSurvey 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7x.x before 2.73.1, and 3.x before 3.4.2 mishandles application/controller/InstallerController.php after installation, which allows remote attackers to access the configuration file.

Published: 2018-02-28

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-19283	LimeSurvey 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7x.x before 2.73.1, and 3.x before 3.4.2 mishandles application/controller/InstallerController.php after installation, which allows remote attackers to access the configuration file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00289.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.limesurvey.org/about-us/news/2075-limesurvey-security-advisory-02-2018

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Limesurvey Limesurvey

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-28T07:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:31:04.733Z

Reserved: 2018-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-7556

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-28T07:29:00.400

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:12:21.563

Link: CVE-2018-7556

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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