# CVE-2026-102626: LimeSurvey Community Edition stored XSS in Date/Time question

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-102626-an-authenticated-limesurvey-community-edition-7-4-0-user-with  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-02. Updated: 2026-10-05  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-102626 · Severity: info · Published 2026-10-02

LimeSurvey is an open-source survey and forms platform. An authenticated user with permission to create surveys can inject malicious JavaScript into a Date/Time question field, which executes in the browser of any user viewing that question. This could allow account takeover or data theft from survey respondents.

Technologies: [LimeSurvey Community Edition](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/limesurvey-community-edition). Vendors: [LimeSurvey](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/limesurvey).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-102626 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-102626 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-102626?** Informational severity, published 2 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.4.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-102626?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-102626 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-102626?** Check whether you run LimeSurvey Community Edition at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.4.0 where the date_min attribute of a Date/Time question accepts JavaScript-breaking values that are inserted into single-quoted inline JavaScript without proper encoding. An authenticated user with the Surveys: create permission can exploit this; when another user renders the affected question, the malicious payload executes in their browser context.

## Affected products

- LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.4.0

## Timeline

- 2026-10-02: disclosed

## References

- [https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/golden](https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/golden)
- [https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/](https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/)

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