Quiz and Survey Master <= 7.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

8.2
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2020-35951
CVSS 8.2 (High)
Publicly Published August 3, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

An issue was discovered in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin before 7.0.1 for WordPress. It allows users to delete arbitrary files such as wp-config.php file, which could effectively take a site offline and allow an attacker to reinstall with a WordPress instance under their control. This occurred via qsm_remove_file_fd_question, which allowed unauthenticated deletions (even though it was only intended for a person to delete their own quiz-answer files).

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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 7.0.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 7.0.1
Patched Version
  • 7.0.1

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