{"id":"CVE-2026-65931","aliases":["EUVD-2026-67164","GHSA-qjpx-79gc-wjgv"],"status":"published","title":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 - Improper authorization in survey menu entry creation endpoint","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint.\n\n\n\nAn 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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00403,"percentile":0.34911,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-08-27T17:50:47Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:22Z","products":[{"vendor":"limesurvey","product":"limesurvey"}],"references":[{"url":"https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/coda","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey","tags":["product","package"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65931","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qjpx-79gc-wjgv"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/65xxx/CVE-2026-65931.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-65931","title":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 - Improper authorization in survey menu entry creation endpoint","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint.\n\n\n\nAn 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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-27T17:50:47.311Z","modified":"2026-08-28T14:13:54.515Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:37:13.934727Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-67164","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint.\n\n\n\nAn 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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-27T17:50:47Z","modified":"2026-08-28T14:13:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:23.608347Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-qjpx-79gc-wjgv","title":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability...","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint.\n\n\n\nAn 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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-27T21:31:52Z","modified":"2026-08-27T21:31:57Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:11:05.645531Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-65931","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint.\n\n\n\nAn 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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-27T20:18:27.7Z","modified":"2026-08-28T16:18:20.84Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:42.035353Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-65931","title":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 - Improper authorization in survey menu entry creation endpoint","description":"LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.0.5 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the survey menu entry creation endpoint.\n\n\n\nAn 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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects LimeSurvey: 7.0.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-27T17:50:47.311Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:22.355350665Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:14.46177Z"}]}}