CVE-2026-15973 (GCVE-0-2026-15973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 20:42 – Updated: 2026-08-27 14:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
LimeSurvey 7.0.5 - Stored XSS in Survey Menu Entries
Summary
LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Survey Menu Entries administration page. An authenticated user with the global settings:read permission can create a survey menu entry containing attacker-controlled data. The value is stored in the surveymenu_entries.data field and later inserted into a single-quoted HTML title attribute without context-appropriate encoding.
This issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-27 14:23 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/backstreet | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey | product |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LimeSurvey | LimeSurvey |
Affected:
7.0.5
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