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Names containing parentheses are treated as SQL expressions instead of quoted identifiers, causing attacker-controlled SQL to execute with the application's database privileges.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-14","score":0.00302,"percentile":0.2331,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-89"],"published":"2026-11-11T02:47:14Z","modified":"2026-11-12T02:47:38Z","products":[{"vendor":"limesurvey","product":"limesurvey community edition"}],"references":[{"url":"https://fluidattacks.com/es/advisories/pantera","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/","tags":["product","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/master/application/helpers/admin/import_helper.php","tags":["technical-description","article"]},{"url":"https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/master/application/helpers/export_helper.php","tags":["technical-description","article"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116645","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mf73-qwxj-gqq6"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/116xxx/CVE-2026-116645.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-116645","title":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 - SQL injection via Archive Attributes","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in the survey-archive participant import and SPSS-response export workflow. An authenticated user with global surveys.create permission can import a crafted .lsa archive whose participant XML creates an attacker-named attribute column. When the user exports responses from the imported non-anonymous survey, LimeSurvey passes the persisted name to Yii's select builder. Names containing parentheses are treated as SQL expressions instead of quoted identifiers, causing attacker-controlled SQL to execute with the application's database privileges.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-11T02:47:14.028Z","modified":"2026-11-13T13:33:24.352Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-89"],"updated_at":"2026-11-11T03:52:35.939844Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-123101","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.8.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in the survey-archive participant import and SPSS-response export workflow. 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