Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.0.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media Deletion

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-0291
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-09 06:15:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 18:17:41 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.1 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
3.1CNADECLARED7.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master QSM Easy Quiz And Survey Maker affected 8.0.8 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Quiz And Survey Master – Best Quiz, Exam and Survey Plugin for WordPress – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Product
Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.0.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media Deletion af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
WordPress Quiz And Survey Master 8.0.8 Cross Site Request Forgery ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Not Applicable, VDB Entry
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Julien Ahrens (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-02-15T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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