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TI-2026-37326 Aliases CVE-2026-50636GHSA-pr6f-87hf-hx24

LimeSurvey RemoteControl invite_participants/remind_participants SQL Injection

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

The RemoteControl API methods invite_participants and remind_participants pass a caller-supplied token-ID array into TokenDynamic::findUninvited(), which concatenates the values directly into a tid IN ('...') SQL clause without parameterization or input validation. A remote, authenticated attacker holding the tokens/update permission on a survey can inject a crafted array element to perform SQL injection. Because LimeSurvey configures its PDO connection with emulated prepared statements (emulatePrepare = true) and does not disable MySQL multi-statements, the injection supports stacked queries: the attacker can append arbitrary additional statements (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/DROP/CREATE) after the original SELECT. This permits both arbitrary read of any data in the database, such as administrator bcrypt password hashes (lime_users), survey response PII, session records, and global settings, all recoverable via a SLEEP() time-based blind oracle, and arbitrary write/destruction of that data, including directly overwriting the administrator password hash for immediate account takeover or dropping/truncating tables. Reads and writes extend to any schema the application's database user can access. The RemoteControl interface (RPCInterface = json/xml) must be enabled, which is not the default.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00358 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed LimeSurvey (LimeSurvey): 7.0.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LimeSurveyLimeSurveyup to 7.07.0.1Patch availableCNA
—limesurvey/limesurvey (Packagist)up to 7.0.0-beta1—No fix listedGHSA-pr6f-87hf-hx24
  • LimeSurvey VendorLimeSurvey Affected up to 7.0 Fixed in 7.0.1 Patch available CNA
  • limesurvey/limesurvey (Packagist) Vendor— Affected up to 7.0.0-beta1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-pr6f-87hf-hx24

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——LimeSurvey
  • cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·LimeSurvey

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA LimeSurvey (LimeSurvey) Fixed in 7.0.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50636
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pr6f-87hf-hx24

References

  • TI-2020-09194 LimeSurvey before 4.1.12+200324 contains a path traversal vulnerability in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-24280 LimeSurvey 2.0+ - 2.06+ Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download via Serialized Backup Payload CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • 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-2026-45174 LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 - Reflected XSS in HTML editor popup CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-61986 LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.14 - Reflected XSS through unescaped LSS survey-import warnings CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.4
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