CVE-2026-15973 json
LimeSurvey 7.0.5 - Stored XSS in Survey Menu Entries
published 2026-08-26 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-28 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-66719
- cvss
- 8.4
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- LimeSurvey LimeSurvey
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
-
fluidattacks.com
/es/advisories/backstreet
third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey
product
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-15973
- NVD CVE-2026-15973
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