Description
LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint.



An authenticated user with only the global settings:read permission can directly invoke POST /index.php/admin/menuentries/sa/create and create new survey menu entries without the expected settings:update privilege. The endpoint also allows the attacker to submit menu IDs that the normal interface and intended update workflow restrict for non-superadministrators, enabling unauthorized changes to administrative navigation records.



This issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.
Published: 2026-08-27
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint. An authenticated user with only the global settings:read permission can directly invoke POST /index.php/admin/menuentries/sa/create and create new survey menu entries without the expected settings:update privilege. The endpoint also allows the attacker to submit menu IDs that the normal interface and intended update workflow restrict for non-superadministrators, enabling unauthorized changes to administrative navigation records. This issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.
Title LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 - Improper authorization in survey menu entry creation endpoint
First Time appeared Limesurvey
Limesurvey limesurvey
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5:*:macos:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:7.0.5:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Limesurvey
Limesurvey limesurvey
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Limesurvey Limesurvey
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T14:13:54.515Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T14:59:17.743Z

Link: CVE-2026-65931

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T14:06:50.886Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-27T20:18:27.700

Modified: 2026-08-28T16:18:20.840

Link: CVE-2026-65931

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T09:15:05Z

Weaknesses