CVE-2012-4927

Limesurvey <1.91+ Build 120224 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-4927. PoCs published by TorTukiTu.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a blind SQL injection vulnerability in LimeSurvey 1.91+ build 11804. It manipulates session variables via POST requests to inject malicious SQL queries, allowing unauthorized data extraction.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Limesurvey (a.k.a PHPSurveyor) before 1.91+ Build 120224 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the fieldnames parameter to index.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by TorTukiTu · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18508

This exploit demonstrates a blind SQL injection vulnerability in LimeSurvey 1.91+ build 11804. It manipulates session variables via POST requests to inject malicious SQL queries, allowing unauthorized data extraction.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: LimeSurvey 1.91+ build 11804
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the survey submission endpoint · Knowledge of valid field IDs
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52114
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.limesurvey.org/en/stable-release
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18508
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48051
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73395
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/79459

Scores

EPSS 0.0224
EPSS Percentile 80.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (10)
limesurvey/limesurvey
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.5.2
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.49 (2 CPE variants)
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.49_rc2
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.52
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.70
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.80 (2 CPE variants)
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.80\+
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.81
limesurvey/limesurvey 1.81\+
Published Sep 15, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026