CVE-2024-8758

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.1.3 - Author+ Stored XSS

Published Sep 23, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.1.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Expresstech
Expresstech quiz And Survey Master
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:expresstech:quiz_and_survey_master:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Expresstech
Expresstech quiz And Survey Master
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.1.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Title Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.1.3 - Author+ Stored XSS
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Oct 7, 2024, 8:39 PM
Reserved
Sep 12, 2024, 6:04 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 23, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:23 AM