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CVE-2023-0291

HIGH
Published 2023-06-09T05:33:19.875Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.2
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.384
Higher than 38.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
Not Available
Availability
Not Available

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

expresstech

Quiz And Survey Master – Best Quiz, Exam and Survey Plugin for WordPress

Affected Versions:

*

WordPress Vulnerability

Identified and analyzed by Wordfence

Software Type

Plugin

Patch Status

Patched

Published

February 15, 2023

Software Details

Software Name

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker

Software Slug

quiz-master-next

Affected Versions

* - 8.0.8

Patched Versions

8.0.9

Remediation

Update to version 8.0.9, or a newer patched version

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68110321-db1a-4634-98cd-0afd3ec933b8?source=api-prod

© Defiant Inc. Data provided by Wordfence.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-qfx5-pmrr-ggvv

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0291
WEB https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171011/wpqsm808-xsrf.txt
WEB https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2834471/quiz-master-next
WEB https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next
WEB https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68110321-db1a-4634-98cd-0afd3ec933b8?source=cve

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 9, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68110321-db1a-4634-98cd-0afd3ec933b8?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171011/wpqsm808-xsrf.txt
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2834471/quiz-master-next
Published: 2023-06-09T05:33:19.875Z
Last Modified: 2024-12-28T00:51:57.705Z
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