CVE-2019-16186 (PHP, published 2019-09-09T21:15Z)
Description: value: In Limesurvey before 3.17.14, admin users can access the plugin manager without proper permissions.
Severity: MEDIUM (CVSS v3 base score: 7.2)
Weakness: CWE-276 \u2014 Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
Repository: https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey
Files changed:
application/config/version.php
docs/release_notes.txt
Commit message: Release 3.17.14+190902


Vulnerable code:
$config['versionnumber'] = '3.17.13';
$config['assetsversionnumber'] = '30095';

Fixed code:
$config['versionnumber'] = '3.17.14';
$config['assetsversionnumber'] = '30096';
Changes from 3.17.13 (build 190824) to 3.17.14 (build 190902) September 2, 2019
-Fixed issue: setting "Show header in answers export PDFs" not taken in account (LouisGac)
-Fixed issue: [security]XSS in admin box buttons - kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]XML breakout possible on export - kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN not set by default - kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]User unaware that SSL encryption should be enforced (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]Path revelation (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]LDAP login non-generic login message - kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]LDAP login non-generic login message - kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]Equation signs are not masked by default on data export (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]Equation signs are not masked by default on data export (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]CSRF cookie missing HTTP only parameter- kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]Admin user without permissions can still see plugins page - kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]Admin user with settings permissions can can run integrity check - kindly reported by Pavol Michalec & Frederik Koľbík (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]Admin user with limited permissions can view/update/delete reserved menu entries (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security]Admin user can mark other user notification as read (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security] Database backup uses browser cache (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security] Browser cache used for exports (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: [security] #15204: Stored XSS vulnerabilities - Thanks to J. Greil from the SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab (https://www.sec-consult.com) (Denis Chenu)
-Fixed issue: [security] #15204: Reflected XSS vulnerabilities - thanks to J. Greil from  the  SEC  Consult Vulnerability Lab (Denis Chenu)
-Fixed issue: Survey upload self-reflecting XSS (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: Sidebar not working on IE11 (lacrioque)
-Fixed issue: Memory issues if too many responses exist for the same token in a non-anonymous survey (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: Memory issues if too many responses exist for the same token in a non-anonymous survey (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue: LsTutorial only working in debug mode (lacrioque)
-Fixed issue: Language not updated on import and overwrite in CPDB (lacrioque)
-Fixed issue: JS error in firstStartTour onShow code (#1315) (Martin Unkel)
-Fixed issue: After survey activation the ExpressionManager cache was not updated (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue #15212: Survey navigation shows message "Please use the survey navigation buttons...[]" instead of navigating (Carsten Schmitz)
-Fixed issue #15209: 500 error when try to save long administrator name (Denis Chenu)
-Fixed issue #15208: MSSQL error on 2nd page of theme (Denis Chenu)
-Fixed issue #15199: MSSQL : date/time question are not reloaded properly (Denis Chenu)
-Fixed issue #15197: Submitting empty menu entry crashes application ( Application Denial of Service) (lacrioque)
-Fixed issue #15194: Unable to remove page title from PDF generated at "print answers" screen (LouisGac)
-Fixed issue #15192: entering html code inside the answeroptions for List type questions will break/alter the html for editing answers (Patrick Teichmann)
-Fixed issue #15188: Access Label sets list (lacrioque)
-Fixed issue #14863: Extending core theme using the same core theme name (Eddy Lackmann)
-Fixed issue #10168: Commit test! Ignore (Carsten Schmitz)
-New translation: Filipino (Carsten Schmitz)