CVE-2022-40698 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (subscriber+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Quiz And Survey Master plugin <= 7.3.10 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-11-18

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
`<= 7.3.10`	affected	≤ 7.3.10

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 7.3.11 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43969	Auth. (subscriber+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Quiz And Survey Master plugin <= 7.3.10 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 0.00275.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/quiz-master-next/wordpress-quiz-and-survey-master-plugin-7-3-10-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Expresstech Quiz And Survey Master

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-18T21:45:19.326Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:49.160Z

Reserved: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40698

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-18T23:15:23.140

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:52.800

Link: CVE-2022-40698

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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