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CVE-2023-44796

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before version 6.2.9-230925 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script to the _generaloptions_panel.php component.

Affected products

• LimeSurvey: before 6.2.9 — fixed in 6.2.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LimeSurvey 6.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Hebing123/CVE-2023-44796/issues/1
• https://github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/4
• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/3483
• https://github.com/limesurvey/limesurvey/commit/135511073c51c332613dd7fad9a8ca0aad34a3fe
• https://github.com/Hebing123/CVE-2023-44796/issues/1
• https://github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/4
• https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/3483
• https://github.com/limesurvey/limesurvey/commit/135511073c51c332613dd7fad9a8ca0aad34a3fe

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