GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-5c37-5j7w-8mh8 LimeSurvey constructs account password-reset links from the client-supplied HTTP Host header without validating it.
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-50635
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- limesurvey/limesurvey
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-640
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-31
Affected packages
• Packagist limesurvey/limesurvey: <= 7.0.0-beta1 (no fix yet)
Description
LimeSurvey constructs account password-reset links from the client-supplied HTTP Host header without validating it. The optional allowedHosts allowlist that would constrain this is undefined in the default (and documented) configuration, so LSHttpRequest::checkIsAllowedHost() results in no operation. A remote, unauthenticated attacker who submits a forgotten-password request for a known account (requiring only the target's username and email) with a spoofed Host header causes LimeSurvey to email that account a reset link whose hostname is attacker-controlled while embedding the genuine validation_key. When the recipient or an automated inbound mail-security link scanner dereferences the link, the valid reset token is disclosed to the attacker, who replays it against the legitimate host's newPassword endpoint to set a new password and take over the account.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-50635 LimeSurvey constructs account password-reset links from the client-supplied HTTP Host header without validating it. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50635 advisory
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/pull/5032 web
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/ac2a4f1673de7b56e7a342c338f36e8bb077d4b3 web
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/b394cb64328aa6db95e3304f82c8c9e603e9ceb0 web
- https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey package
- https://www.limesurvey.org web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/limesurvey-password-reset-host-header-injection-discloses-reset-token web