Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker: SQL injection
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires an authenticated subscriber account. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker
- Plugin slug
quiz-master-next- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 06, 2026
This CVE was published Jan 06, 2026 and is one of 48 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
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) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘is_linking’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N