CVE-2019-16175 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-16175 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-16175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey Limesurvey, published on 9 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Limesurvey Limesurvey. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16175/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16175/index.md)
Attackers can trick users into performing unintended actions via clickjacking in LimeSurvey, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-16175?
CVE-2019-16175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey Limesurvey, published on 9 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A clickjacking vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14.
Weakness: CWE-1021
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16175?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Limesurvey Limesurvey.
How do I fix CVE-2019-16175?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16175 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-16175 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16175 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Limesurvey Limesurvey
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xm6r-6fx6-x6r8.