CVE-2014-5018 — Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the autoEscape function in common_helper.php in LimeSurvey 2.05+ Build 140618 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the GBK charset in the loadname parameter to index.php, related to the survey resume

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Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the autoEscape function in common_helper.php in LimeSurvey 2.05+ Build 140618 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the GBK charset in the loadname parameter to index.php, related to the survey resume

Published Jul 21, 2014

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.47%

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the autoEscape function in common_helper.php in LimeSurvey 2.05+ Build 140618 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the GBK charset in the loadname parameter to index.php, related to the survey resume.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.47% 0.01474

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

EPSS probability 0.01474

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	1.47% (0.01474)	72.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.47% (0.01474)	70.33th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.34% (0.00345)	54.88th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.17% (0.00170)	55.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.16% (0.00163)	52.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	51.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.14% (0.00141)	48.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00170)	52.31th	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 (0)

No CWE recorded.

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/3a6dd6b44cef2fa3f96f403e1cb971d8d0d694b5
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/3a6dd6b44cef2fa3f96f403e1cb971d8d0d694b5		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-2014-5018

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-5018

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-5018