What is CVE-2024-6933?

CVE-2024-6933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-6933?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Limesurvey

CVE-2024-6933

A flaw has been found in LimeSurvey 6.5.14-240624. Affected by this issue is the function actionUpdateSurveyLocaleSettingsGeneralSettings of the file /index.php?r=admin/database/index/updatesurveylocalesettings_generalsettings of the component Survey General Settings Handler. This manipulation of the argument Language causes sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 6.6.2+240827 can resolve this issue. Patch name: d656d2c7980b7642560977f4780e64533a68e13d. You should upgrade the affected component.

Published 2024-07-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Limesurvey
Limesurvey — versions 6.5.14-240624, 6.6.2+240827

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
github.com/Hebing123/cve/issues/55 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit, Issue Tracking)
github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/d656d2c7980b7642560977f4780e64533a68e13d (Patch, patch)
community.limesurvey.org/downloads/ (Product, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6933?: CVE-2024-6933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-6933?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.