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CVE-2018-16397

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

In LimeSurvey before 3.14.7, an admin user can leverage a "file upload" question to read an arbitrary file,

Affected products

• LimeSurvey: before 3.14.7 — fixed in 3.14.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LimeSurvey 3.14.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/3be9b41e76826b57f5860d18d93b23f47d59d2e4/docs/release_notes.txt#L51
• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/3be9b41e76826b57f5860d18d93b23f47d59d2e4/docs/release_notes.txt#L51

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