CVE-2014-5017 — SQL injection vulnerability in CPDB in application/controllers/admin/participantsaction.php in LimeSurvey 2.05+ Build 140618 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sidx parameter in a JSON request to admin/participants/sa/getParticipants_json, related to a search parameter

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SQL injection vulnerability in CPDB in application/controllers/admin/participantsaction.php in LimeSurvey 2.05+ Build 140618 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sidx parameter in a JSON request to admin/participants/sa/getParticipants_json, related to a search parameter

Published Jul 21, 2014

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.90%

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in CPDB in application/controllers/admin/participantsaction.php in LimeSurvey 2.05+ Build 140618 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sidx parameter in a JSON request to admin/participants/sa/getParticipants_json, related to a search parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.90% 0.01897

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01897

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.90% (0.01897)	78.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.95% (0.01950)	77.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.47% (0.00466)	62.32th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.22% (0.00222)	61.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.14% (0.00135)	48.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.12% (0.00120)	45.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.11% (0.00110)	42.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00170)	52.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-89

SQL Injection

References (2)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127369/Lime-Survey-2.05-Build-140618-XSS-SQL-Injection.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/9938bcd1df8ea27052557c722a67b00c0e7d6cb6
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127369/Lime-Survey-2.05-Build-140618-XSS-SQL-Injection.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/9938bcd1df8ea27052557c722a67b00c0e7d6cb6		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 21, 2014

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Jul 21, 2014

Link CVE-2014-5017

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-5017

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-5017