CVE-2026-116645 (GCVE-0-2026-116645)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-11 02:47 – Updated: 2026-11-11 02:50
VLAI
Title
LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 - SQL injection via Archive Attributes
Summary
LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in the survey-archive participant import and SPSS-response export workflow. An authenticated user with global surveys.create permission can import a crafted .lsa archive whose participant XML creates an attacker-named attribute column. When the user exports responses from the imported non-anonymous survey, LimeSurvey passes the persisted name to Yii's select builder. Names containing parentheses are treated as SQL expressions instead of quoted identifiers, causing attacker-controlled SQL to execute with the application's database privileges.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL injection')
Assigner
Fluid Attacks CNA
CNA scorecard B 89/100 over 61 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
LimeSurvey LimeSurvey Community Edition Affected: 7.8.0
    cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey_community_edition:7.8.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey_community_edition:7.8.0:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey_community_edition:7.8.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Fluid Attacks' AI SAST Scanner Miguel Gómez
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