CVE-2024-6933LimeSurvey Survey General Settings updatesurveylocalesettings_generalsettings actionUpdateSurveyLocaleSettingsGeneralSettings sql injection
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.56%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 53% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A flaw has been found in LimeSurvey 6.5.14-240624. Affected by this issue is the function actionUpdateSurveyLocaleSettingsGeneralSettings of the file /index.php?r=admin/database/index/updatesurveylocalesettings_generalsettings of the component Survey General Settings Handler. This manipulation of the argument Language causes sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 6.6.2+240827 can resolve this issue. Patch name: d656d2c7980b7642560977f4780e64533a68e13d. You should upgrade the affected component.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/55 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Low2.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
LimeSurvey
- affected 6.5.14-240624
- unaffected 6.6.2+240827
References
References6
- VDB-271988 | LimeSurvey Survey General Settings updatesurveylocalesettings_generalsettings actionUpdateSurveyLocaleSettingsGeneralSettings sql injection (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- VDB-271988 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- Submit #372007 | LimeSurvey 6.5.14-240624 SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- https://github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/55 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/d656d2c7980b7642560977f4780e64533a68e13d (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://community.limesurvey.org/downloads/ (opens in a new tab)patch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-47919 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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