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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-25799

LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Quota component of the Survey page. When the survey quota being viewed, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.

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CVE-2020-25799
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31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-25799

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Dec 2020, 18:15 UTC

LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Quota component of the Survey page. When the survey quota being viewed, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.

osv:CVE-2020-25799
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25799",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-25799",
    "summary": "LimeSurvey 3.21.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Quota component of the Survey page. When the survey quota being viewed, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-25799",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-25799",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-limesurvey-2020-25799",
        "CVE-2020-25799"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "a57bea0b018da3ed200bbdfabcbaf3de6040ee38"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a57bea0b018da3ed200bbdfabcbaf3de6040ee38"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a5f317817da4577d9ff457fea9c96482b3d1df23"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:3.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.21.1"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "3.21.1"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "a5f317817da4577d9ff457fea9c96482b3d1df23"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.21.1",
            "3.21.1+191210"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-25799.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:54.288835245Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/a5f317817da4577d9ff457fea9c96482b3d1df23",
        "https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=15681"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-25799",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384016,
  "published_at": "2020-12-31T18:15:13.09+00:00"
}