AI Quiz | Quiz Maker: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
AI Quiz | Quiz Maker is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- AI Quiz | Quiz Maker
- Plugin slug
ai-quiz- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 06, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 06, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update AI Quiz | Quiz Maker to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The AI Quiz | Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ai_quiz_update_style() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H