Qwizcards – online quizzes and flashcards: Cross-site scripting
Qwizcards – online quizzes and flashcards 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.
- Component
- Qwizcards – online quizzes and flashcards
- Plugin slug
qwizcards- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 08, 2021
This CVE was published Nov 08, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Qwizcards – online quizzes and flashcards 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 Qwizcards – online quizzes and flashcards WordPress plugin before 3.62 does not properly sanitize and escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N