CVE-2024-28710 LimeSurvey Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-28710?

CVE-2024-28710 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Limesurvey Limesurvey, published on 7 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in LimeSurvey before 6.5.0+240319 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a lack of input validation and output encoding in the Alert Widget's message component.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28710?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including limesurvey/limesurvey and limesurvey. It affects 1 product.

Products include Limesurvey Limesurvey.

How do I fix CVE-2024-28710?

Upgrade limesurvey/limesurvey to 6.5.0 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-28710 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28710 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Limesurvey Limesurvey

• CVE-2025-56422 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-48008 File upload in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-25019 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-11455 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16184 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Limesurvey Limesurvey vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-limesurvey-2024-28710, GHSA-632q-77qj-c89q.