Vulnerability in Quiz Maker
CVE-2025-14579
The Quiz Maker WordPress plugin before 6.7.0.89 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Quiz Maker — versions 0
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/1ff8ea2b-6513-4d5c-b7ea-9ab39c9ea9c6/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-14579?
- CVE-2025-14579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quiz Maker, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2026-01-12.
- How severe is CVE-2025-14579?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.