CVE-2022-3739 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Best Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Published: 2024-01-16

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% 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

Unknown

WP Best Quiz

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:subina:wp_best_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43095	The WP Best Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

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 0.0184.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b9f39ced-1e0f-4559-b861-39ddcbcd1249/

History

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Subina Wp Best Quiz

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:53:10.932Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:57:28.497Z

Reserved: 2022-10-28T09:08:57.973Z

Link: CVE-2022-3739

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:57.523Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:09.980

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:28.887

Link: CVE-2022-3739

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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