XSS in Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master
CVE-2024-6879
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.1.1 fails to validate and escape certain Quiz fields before displaying them on a page or post where the Quiz is embedded, which could allows contributor and above roles to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master
- Quiz And Survey Master (Qsm) — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/4da0b318-03e7-409d-9b02-f108e4232c87/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-6879?
- CVE-2024-6879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2024-08-26.
- How severe is CVE-2024-6879?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-6879 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.