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A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before and including 3.21.1 allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via parameter ParticipantAttributeNamesDropdown of the Attributes on the central participant database page. When the survey attribute being edited or viewed, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-25798
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LimeSurvey before and including 3.21.1 allows authenticated users with correct permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via parameter ParticipantAttributeNamesDropdown of the Attributes on the central participant database page. When the survey attribute being edited or viewed, e.g. by an administrative user, the JavaScript code will be executed in the browser.
osv:CVE-2020-25798
Complete source record
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