LimeSurvey Password Reset Host Header Injection Discloses Reset Token
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.
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
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
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
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Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #12740 · Revision 1
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