HD Quiz <= 1.8.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24571
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 26, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Asif Nawaz Minhas - Patchstack Alliance

Description

The HD Quiz WordPress plugin before 1.8.4 does not escape some of its Answers before outputting them in attribute when generating the Quiz, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

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Vulnerability Details for HD Quiz

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hd-quiz (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.8.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.8.4
Patched Version
  • 1.8.4

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