CVE-2019-9960

CRITICAL

LimeSurvey Zip Path Traversals

Title source: metasploit
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-9960. PoCs published by h00die, Matthew Aberegg, Michael Burkey, Federico Fernandez, Alejandro Parodi, including Metasploit module auxiliary/scanner/http/limesurvey_zip_traversals.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits authenticated path traversal vulnerabilities in LimeSurvey (CVE-2019-9960 and CVE-2020-11455) to download arbitrary files. It supports multiple versions and includes authentication handling.

Description

The downloadZip function in application/controllers/admin/export.php in LimeSurvey through 3.16.1+190225 allows a relative path.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC
by h00die, Matthew Aberegg, Michael Burkey, Federico Fernandez, Alejandro Parodi · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/limesurvey_zip_traversals.rb

This Metasploit module exploits authenticated path traversal vulnerabilities in LimeSurvey (CVE-2019-9960 and CVE-2020-11455) to download arbitrary files. It supports multiple versions and includes authentication handling.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: LimeSurvey versions 4.0 to 4.1.11 (CVE-2020-11455) and <= 3.15.9 (CVE-2019-9960)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid LimeSurvey credentials · Network access to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.7008
EPSS Percentile 98.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
limesurvey/limesurvey < 3.16.1\+190225
Published Mar 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026