XSS in Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master
CVE-2019-17599
The quiz-master-next (aka Quiz And Survey Master) plugin before 6.3.5 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter (and/or the quiz_id parameter). The component is: admin/quiz-options-page.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/ (Release Notes)
- github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/issues/795 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/pull/796 (Third Party Advisory)
- wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9977 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17599?
- CVE-2019-17599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-13.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17599?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-17599 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.