Description
The Quiz Maker WordPress plugin before 6.5.9.9 does not sanitize 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: 2025-05-15
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-2025-15235 The Quiz Maker WordPress plugin before 6.5.9.9 does not sanitize 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

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ays-pro
Ays-pro quiz Maker
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ays-pro:quiz_maker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Ays-pro
Ays-pro quiz Maker

Sat, 17 May 2025 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

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


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Quiz Maker WordPress plugin before 6.5.9.9 does not sanitize 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)
Title Quiz Maker <= 6.5.9.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS
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Ays-pro Quiz Maker
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-17T03:08:13.720Z

Reserved: 2024-09-09T18:42:03.178Z

Link: CVE-2024-8617

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-17T03:08:08.939Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-15T20:15:58.990

Modified: 2025-06-04T20:08:32.893

Link: CVE-2024-8617

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Weaknesses