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GHSA-65X5-6VW6-2F55

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-27 00:30 – Updated: 2026-08-27 00:30

Details

LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5+260623 contains an authenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the user activation confirmation endpoint. The action query parameter is copied into the response and inserted into a hidden input attribute without HTML attribute encoding.

This issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.

Severity

7.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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CVE-2026-63360 (GCVE-0-2026-63360)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 21:47 – Updated: 2026-08-27 18:09

Title

LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 - Reflected XSS in user activation confirmation endpoint

Summary

Severity

7.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-27 18:09 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Fluid Attacks

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/raine	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey	product

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
LimeSurvey	LimeSurvey	Affected: 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5::windows::::: cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5::macos::::: cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5::linux:::::

Date Public

2026-08-26 21:29

Credits

Miguel Gómez Fluid Attacks' AI SAST Scanner

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