Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in LimeSurvey Community Edition
CVE-2026-15973

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Limesurvey

Status
Limesurvey
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-15973?

The LimeSurvey Community Edition version 7.0.5 is susceptible to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability found in the Survey Menu Entries administration page. Authenticated users with read permissions for global settings can introduce malicious code by creating a survey menu entry that incorporates attacker-controlled data. This data is then stored in the surveymenu_entries.data field and can be rendered insecurely in an HTML title attribute, leading to potential exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

LimeSurvey Windows 7.0.5

References

https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/backstreet
third-party-advisory
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey
product

CVSS V4

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Miguel Gomez
Fluid Attacks' AI SAST Scanner
.