CVE-2019-16184
A CSV injection vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows survey participants to inject commands via their survey responses that will be included in the export CSV file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A CSV injection vulnerability was found in Limesurvey before 3.17.14 that allows survey participants to inject commands via their survey responses that will be included in the export CSV file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.71% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Affected
- limesurvey/limesurvey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e#diff-d539f3f8185667ee48db78e1bf65a3b4R46Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-releasedRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/5870fd1037058bc4e43cccf893b576c72293371e#diff-d539f3f8185667ee48db78e1bf65a3b4R46Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.limesurvey.org/limesurvey-updates/2188-limesurvey-3-17-14-build-190902-releasedRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.