{"id":"CVE-2018-7556","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7556","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:51:39.911Z","title":"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.","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":"2018-02-28T07:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:03:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["limesurvey/limesurvey","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01975,"percentile":0.80383,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.limesurvey.org/about-us/news/2075-limesurvey-security-advisory-02-2018","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.limesurvey.org/about-us/news/2075-limesurvey-security-advisory-02-2018","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7556","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}