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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Limesurvey
  • Limesurvey

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References
Link Providers
https://community.limesurvey.org/downloads/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/55 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/d656d2c7980b7642560977f4780e64533a68e13d cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.271988 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.271988 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.372007 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:6.5.14-240624:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in LimeSurvey 6.5.14-240624. It has been rated as critical. 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. The manipulation of the argument language leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-271988. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. 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.
Title LimeSurvey Survey General Settings actionUpdateSurveyLocaleSettingsGeneralSettings sql injection LimeSurvey Survey General Settings updatesurveylocalesettings_generalsettings actionUpdateSurveyLocaleSettingsGeneralSettings sql injection
Weaknesses CWE-74
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}

 cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2024-07-21T00:31:04.336Z

Updated: 2025-12-09T14:52:38.866Z

Reserved: 2024-07-20T06:04:06.978Z

Link: CVE-2024-6933

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:45:38.366Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-21T01:15:10.040

Modified: 2025-12-09T16:17:29.720

Link: CVE-2024-6933

cve-icon Redhat

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