Stored XSS in Survey Groups Function in limesurvey/limesurvey

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Reported on

Jun 9th 2023


Description

By Injecting the payloads to the fields (Title, Description), users who visited "Survey list" screen maybe compromises

Proof of Concept

Step 1: Login as Administrator, go to the "Survey list" screen function, click "create survey group" button. Imgur

Step 2: Inject the payload to the fields (Title, Description), click "Save" button Payload: <img src=x onerror=alert(1)> Imgur

Step 3: The payload is then executed Imgur

Step 4: Visit the Survey list screen, we can see the payload is also triggered URL: http://localhost/index.php?r=surveyAdministration/listsurveys Imgur

Impact

If an attacker can control a script that is executed in the victim's browser, then they can typically fully compromise that user. The attacker can carry out any of the actions that are applicable to the impact of reflected XSS vulnerabilities.

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Carsten Schmitz validated this vulnerability 3 months ago
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Can you assign a CVE for this vulnerability?

Carsten Schmitz marked this as fixed in 6.1.6 with commit f0416d 3 months ago
The fix bounty has been dropped
This vulnerability will not receive a CVE
This vulnerability is scheduled to go public on Jun 26th 2023
Carsten Schmitz gave praise 3 months ago
Thank you!
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Carsten Schmitz published this vulnerability 3 months ago
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