LimeSurvey 7.0.5 Survey Menu Entry Creation index.php privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in LimeSurvey 7.0.5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file index.php of the component Survey Menu Entry Creation. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-65931. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in LimeSurvey 7.0.5. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file index.php of the component Survey Menu Entry Creation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint. An authenticated user with only the global settings:read permission can directly invoke POST /index.php/admin/menuentries/sa/create and create new survey menu entries without the expected settings:update privilege. The endpoint also allows the attacker to submit menu IDs that the normal interface and intended update workflow restrict for non-superadministrators, enabling unauthorized changes to administrative navigation records. This issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.

The advisory is available at fluidattacks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-65931 since 07/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/27/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:index.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.

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• Survey Software

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• LimeSurvey

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• 7.0.5

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• open-source

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