CVE-2020-11455 — LimeSurvey before 4

LimeSurvey before 4.1.12+200324 contains a path traversal vulnerability in application/controllers/admin/LimeSurveyFileManager.php.

01What is this vulnerability?

LimeSurvey before 4.1.12+200324 contains a path traversal vulnerability in application/controllers/admin/LimeSurveyFileManager.php.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-04-01T15:48:18.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:28:13.992Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/daf50ebb16574badfb7ae0b8526ddc58…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157112/LimeSurvey-4.1.11-Path-Traversal.htm…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48297