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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 21:47 – Updated: 2026-08-27 18:09
VLAI
Title
LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 - Reflected XSS in user activation confirmation endpoint
Summary
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
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 CNA
CNA scorecard B 89/100 over 62 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
LimeSurvey LimeSurvey Affected: 7.0.5
    cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
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    cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-08-26 21:29
Credits
Miguel Gómez Fluid Attacks' AI SAST Scanner
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