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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | LimeSurvey Password Reset Host Header Injection Discloses Reset Token | |
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Limesurvey
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| Weaknesses | CWE-640 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:limesurvey:limesurvey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Limesurvey
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-09T18:22:43.787Z
Reserved: 2026-06-05T11:53:55.168Z
Link: CVE-2026-50635
Updated: 2026-06-09T18:22:35.370Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-06-09T18:17:10.273
Modified: 2026-06-09T19:36:10.547
Link: CVE-2026-50635
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