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LimeSurvey Password Reset Host Header Injection Discloses Reset Token

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

LimeSurvey constructs account password-reset links from the client-supplied HTTP Host header without validating it. The optional allowedHosts allowlist that would constrain this is undefined in the default (and documented) configuration, so LSHttpRequest::checkIsAllowedHost() results in no operation. A remote, unauthenticated attacker who submits a forgotten-password request for a known account (requiring only the target's username and email) with a spoofed Host header causes LimeSurvey to email that account a reset link whose hostname is attacker-controlled while embedding the genuine validation_key. When the recipient or an automated inbound mail-security link scanner dereferences the link, the valid reset token is disclosed to the attacker, who replays it against the legitimate host's newPassword endpoint to set a new password and take over the account.

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CVE-2026-50635

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-50635

LimeSurvey

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

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "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-2026-50635

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#12740 · Revision 1
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