WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2019-17599 Modified

Quiz Master Next: Cross-site scripting

Quiz Master Next 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.

CVE / CNA score 6.1 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.1 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Quiz Master Next
Plugin slug
quiz-master-next
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 13, 2019
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Dec 13, 2019 and is one of 43 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Quiz Master Next to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Source record

Technical description

The quiz-master-next (aka Quiz And Survey Master) plugin before 6.3.5 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter (and/or the quiz_id parameter). The component is: admin/quiz-options-page.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources