LimeSurvey 6.13.0 Yii information exposure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LimeSurvey 6.13.0. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Yii. Executing a manipulation can lead to information exposure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-41076. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LimeSurvey 6.13.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Yii. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-209. The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In version 6.13.0 of LimeSurvey, any external user can cause a 500 error in the survey system by sending a malformed session cookie. Instead of displaying a generic error message, the system exposes internal backend information, including the use of the Yii framework, the MySQL/MariaDB database engine, the table name 'lime_sessions', primary keys, and fragments of the content that caused the conflict. This information can simplify the collection of data about the internal architecture of the application by an attacker.

The weakness was disclosed by Julen Garrido Estevez. The advisory is shared for download at incibe.es. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-41076 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 EUVD (EUVD-2025-198280). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information exposure
CWE: CWE-209 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
11/20/2025 +218 days Advisory disclosed
11/20/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/22/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: incibe.es
Researcher: Julen Garrido Estevez
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-41076 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-41076
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-333052
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/20/2025 14:26
Updated: 11/22/2025 04:56
Changes: 11/20/2025 14:26 (65), 11/21/2025 21:00 (11), 11/22/2025 04:56 (1)
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