CVE-2026-15973 LimeSurvey 7.0.5 - Stored XSS in Survey Menu Entries
Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into survey menu entries, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover in LimeSurvey.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-15973?
CVE-2026-15973 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in LimeSurvey, published on 26 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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 surveymenu_entries.data field and later inserted into a single-quoted HTML title attribute without context-appropriate encoding.
This issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15973?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2026-15973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc67-7xgc-m5c4.