CVE-2026-15973: LimeSurvey 7.0.5 - Stored XSS in Survey Menu Entries

Published Aug 26, 2026
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Updated

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 surveymenuentries.data field and later inserted into a single-quoted HTML title attribute without context-appropriate encoding.

This issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Limesurvey LimeSurvey Community Edition=7.0.5

Event History

Aug 26, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:42 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:42 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:16 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which users can exploit this issue?

An authenticated user must have the global settings:read permission. That permission is sufficient to create a malicious survey menu entry.

2

Where is the malicious content stored and when does it execute?

The attacker-controlled value is stored in the surveymenu_entries.data field. It is later rendered inside a single-quoted HTML title attribute without context-appropriate encoding, creating a stored XSS condition.

3

Are deployments running LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 affected by default?

The available information identifies LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 as affected, but does not state whether a default configuration exposes the vulnerable Survey Menu Entries administration functionality.

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