CVE-2026-116645

LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 - SQL injection via Archive Attributes

Published Nov 11, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Apply an upstream patch that strictly validates imported participant attribute identifiers and always quotes schema-derived identifiers before constructing the SPSS export SELECT list. Upgrade to the vendor-fixed release once one is published.


Vendor Workaround

Do not grant untrusted accounts global survey-creation permission and do not import untrusted .lsa archives. Review imported participant-table schemas for unexpected attribute column names.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 - SQL injection via Archive Attributes
First Time appeared Limesurvey
Limesurvey limesurvey Community Edition
Weaknesses CWE-89
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey_community_edition:7.8.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey_community_edition:7.8.0:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey_community_edition:7.8.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Limesurvey
Limesurvey limesurvey Community Edition
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Fluid Attacks
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 1:33 PM
Reserved
Oct 26, 2026, 7:01 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 11, 2026, 3:16 AM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 2:17 PM