WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2020-35949 Modified

Quiz And Survey Master: Code execution

Quiz And Survey Master is affected by code execution. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can run attacker-controlled code in the WordPress hosting account.

CVE / CNA score 10.0 CVSS 3.1 · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Quiz And Survey Master
Plugin slug
quiz-and-survey-master
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jan 01, 2021
Weakness
CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

This CVE was published Jan 01, 2021 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Quiz And Survey Master 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

An issue was discovered in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin before 7.0.1 for WordPress. It made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and achieve remote code execution. If a quiz question could be answered by uploading a file, only the Content-Type header was checked during the upload, and thus the attacker could use text/plain for a .php file.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources