Medium

LimeSurvey Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 07.10.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in LimeSurvey before 6.5.12+240611 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the title and comment fields.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package limesurvey/limesurvey < 6.5.12 6.5.12

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
limesurvey/limesurvey
Disclosed
07.10.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-c7xm-rwqj-pgcj - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: limesurvey/limesurvey

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
8
First → latest
10.2021 06.2026
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 5

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 2
  3. 2023: 0
  4. 2024: 2
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 3
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-50636 <= 7.0.0-beta1 no fix
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-56421 < 6.15.4 6.15.4
  3. LimeSurvey Cross Site Scripting vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2024-28709 < 6.5.12 6.5.12
  4. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2024-28710 < 6.5.0 6.5.0
  5. Medium · 5.4 CVE-2019-16173 < 3.17.14 3.17.14
  6. Medium · 5.4 CVE-2019-16172 < 3.17.14 3.17.14
  7. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2021-42112 < 3.27.19 3.27.19

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