Quiz And Survey Master <= 7.3.6 - Insecure Direct Object Reference

5.4
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2021-36906
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 21, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher RE-ALTER

Description

The Quiz And Survey Master plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insecure direct object reference in versions up to, and including, 7.3.6. This is due to insufficient validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level capabilities and above to reset and delete quizzes.

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Vulnerability Details for Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug quiz-master-next (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 7.3.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 7.3.6
Patched Version
  • 7.3.7

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