CVE-2021-36863 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master plugin <= 7.3.4 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-10-28

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ExpressTech

Quiz And Survey Master (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 7.3.4`	affected	≤ 7.3.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:expresstech:quiz_and_survey_master:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 7.3.5 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23439	Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master plugin <= 7.3.4 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00191.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/quiz-master-next/wordpress-quiz-and-survey-master-plugin-7-3-4-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-10-28T15:11:16.307Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:35.348Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36863

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.647Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-28T16:15:14.237

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:12.703

Link: CVE-2021-36863

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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