Quiz Maker: SQL injection
Quiz Maker is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Quiz Maker
- Plugin slug
quiz-maker- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 02, 2021
This CVE was published Aug 02, 2021 and is one of 20 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update 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 Quiz Maker WordPress plugin before 6.2.0.9 did not properly sanitise and escape the order and orderby parameters before using them in SQL statements, leading to SQL injection issues in the admin dashboard
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H