A vulnerability was found in LimeSurvey 2.06 (Survey Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function insert of the file application/controllers/admin/dataentry.php. The manipulation of the argument closedate with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in the insert function in application/controllers/admin/dataentry.php in LimeSurvey 2.06+ allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the closedate parameter.

The weakness was published 06/28/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-5078 since 06/26/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

By approaching the search of inurl:application/controllers/admin/dataentry.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 75440†).

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• Survey Software

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• LimeSurvey

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• 2.06

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• open-source

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