What is CVE-2016-11085?

CVE-2016-11085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-11085?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-11085 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master

CVE-2016-11085

php/qmn_options_questions_tab.php in the quiz-master-next plugin before 4.7.9 for WordPress allows CSRF, with resultant stored XSS, via the question_name parameter because js/admin_question.js mishandles parsing inside of a SCRIPT element.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-08-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfstored-xss-in-quiz-and-survey-master-formerly-q… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-11085?: CVE-2016-11085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-11085?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-11085 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.