CVE-2018-16397
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an...
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,
- Record
CVE-2018-16397- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,
- Record
CVE-2018-16397- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8240 No score
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,
- Record
EUVD-2018-8240- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3763-xcr3-gm2p
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an...
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,
- Record
GHSA-3763-xcr3-gm2p- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,
- Record
CVE-2018-16397- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16397 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Limesurvey, published September 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.