XSS in Ays-Pro Survey Maker
CVE-2023-0038
The "Survey Maker – Best WordPress Survey Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via survey answers in versions up to, and including, 3.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts when submitting quizzes that will execute whenever a user accesses the submissions page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.008 (51.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Ays-pro Survey Maker — versions 0
- Ays-pro Survey_maker
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com
- security@wordfence.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-0038?
- CVE-2023-0038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ays-Pro Survey Maker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2023-01-03.
- How severe is CVE-2023-0038?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-0038 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.