Description
The Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.0.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Published: 2024-01-29
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-58227 The Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.0.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
History

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Markusbegerow Wp-adv-quiz
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-09T20:49:19.994Z

Reserved: 2023-11-03T17:29:54.390Z

Link: CVE-2023-5956

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:25.196Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T15:15:09.203

Modified: 2025-06-09T21:15:45.473

Link: CVE-2023-5956

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses