WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2023-0291 Modified

Quiz Master Next: A security weakness

Quiz Master Next is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 7.2 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 9.1 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
Jun 09, 2023
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Jun 09, 2023 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 And Survey Master for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the function associated with the qsm_remove_file_fd_question AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 8.0.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.

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

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

References

Primary and upstream sources