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LimeSurvey RemoteControl invite_participants/remind_participants SQL Injection

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The RemoteControl API methods invite_participants and remind_participants pass a caller-supplied token-ID array into TokenDynamic::findUninvited(), which concatenates the values directly into a tid IN ('...') SQL clause without parameterization or input validation. A remote, authenticated attacker holding the tokens/update permission on a survey can inject a crafted array element to perform SQL injection. Because LimeSurvey configures its PDO connection with emulated prepared statements (emulatePrepare = true) and does not disable MySQL multi-statements, the injection supports stacked queries: the attacker can append arbitrary additional statements (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/DROP/CREATE) after the original SELECT. This permits both arbitrary read of any data in the database, such as administrator bcrypt password hashes (lime_users), survey response PII, session records, and global settings, all recoverable via a SLEEP() time-based blind oracle, and arbitrary write/destruction of that data, including directly overwriting the administrator password hash for immediate account takeover or dropping/truncating tables. Reads and writes extend to any schema the application's database user can access. The RemoteControl interface (RPCInterface = json/xml) must be enabled, which is not the default.

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CVE-2026-50636

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-50636

LimeSurvey

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "vendor": "LimeSurvey",
    "product": "LimeSurvey",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.0.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:composer/limesurvey/limesurvey",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-50636

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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#12741 · Revision 1
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