Critical severity · published Jun 9, 2023
CVE-2023-0291
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…
9.1
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QA
Quiz And Survey Master · Expresstech
through 8.0.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0291
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0291
Not Applicable
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171011/wpqsm808-xsrf.txt
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2834471/quiz-master-next
Product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68110321-db1a-4634-98cd-0afd3ec933b8?source=cve
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