mTouch Quiz: Cross-site scripting
mTouch Quiz is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- mTouch Quiz
- Plugin slug
mtouch-quiz- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 08, 2022
This CVE was published Aug 08, 2022 and is one of 7 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update mTouch Quiz 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 mTouch Quiz WordPress plugin through 3.1.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N