Quiz and Survey Master (QSM): Cross-site request forgery
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Quiz and Survey Master (QSM)
- Plugin slug
quiz-and-survey-master-qsm- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 14, 2025
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Aug 14, 2025 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) 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 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 10.2.3 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N