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CVE-2024-42902· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

An issue in the js_localize.php function of LimeSurvey v6.6.2 and before allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via injecting a crafted

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 62.8% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue in the js_localize.php function of LimeSurvey v6.6.2 and before allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via injecting a crafted payload into the lng parameter of the js_localize.php function

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Sep 3, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 62th percentile

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Action score

35

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
limesurveylimesurvey

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • limesurvey limesurveyup to 6.6.2 inclusive

Same product

limesurvey: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-11455LimeSurvey before 4.1.12+200324 contains a path traversal vulnerability in application/controllers/admin/LimeSurveyFileManager.php.
    68This week
  • CVE-2019-9960The downloadZip function in application/controllers/admin/export.php in LimeSurvey through 3.16.1+190225 allows a relative path.
    60This week
  • CVE-2007-3632Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in LimeSurvey (aka PHPSurveyor) 1.49RC2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP c
    45Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-7887Aug 17, 2024 · LimeSurvey File Upload index.php denial of service
    20Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-42901Sep 3, 2024 · A CSV injection vulnerability in Lime Survey v6.5.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted CSV file.
    19Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-42903Sep 3, 2024 · A Host header injection vulnerability in the password reset function of LimeSurvey v.6.6.1+240806 and before allows attackers to send users
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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