Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.1.10 - Excessive Quiz Attempts

5.3
Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
CVE CVE-2023-37984
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 17, 2023
Last Updated July 19, 2023
Researcher qilin_99

Description

The Quiz And Survey Master plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to exessive quiz attempts due to a missing validation checks on the ajax_submit_results() function in versions up to, and including, 8.1.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the set limits for the number of times a user can attempt a quiz.

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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 8.1.11, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 8.1.10
Patched Version
  • 8.1.11

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