TI-2020-15805 Aliases CVE-2020-25798 GHSA-95p7-w2p2-hhg2

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before and including…

LOW 25CWE-79Published 2020-11-17 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before and including 3.21.1 allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via parameter ParticipantAttributeNamesDropdown of the Attributes on the central participant database page. When the survey attribute being edited or viewed, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00645 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey::::::::	up to 3.21.1	Vulnerable	LimeSurvey

cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.21.1 Vulnerable ·LimeSurvey

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-25798
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-95p7-w2p2-hhg2
2026-10-20 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=15672

Patch 1

https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/38e1ab069b538de7cb5f3a04939aba8e835640cb

TI-2020-09194 LimeSurvey before 4.1.12+200324 contains a path traversal vulnerability in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-28662 An issue in the js_localize.php function of LimeSurvey v6.6.2 and before allows attackers… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-26167 Lime Survey <= 6.5.12 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-21122 LimeSurvey before v5.0.4 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2007-03523 Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in LimeSurvey (aka PHPSurveyor)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2018-12189 An issue was discovered in TCPDF before 6.2.22. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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