Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.1.10 — Excessive Quiz Attempts
CVE-2023-37984Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤8.1.10Update to 8.1.11 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker quiz-master-next
- Affected≤ 8.1.10
- Patched in8.1.11
Update to 8.1.11 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 8.1.10. Version 8.1.11 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 8.1.11, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to qilin_99.
The Quiz And Survey Master plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to exessive quiz attempts due to a missing validation checks on the ajax_submit_results() function in versions up to, and including, 8.1.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the set limits for the number of times a user can attempt a quiz.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 84| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'qpages' Parameter ≤11.2.9Update to 11.3.0 | CVE-2026-116509 | |
| Medium6.5 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'qsm_unique_key' Parameter ≤11.2.7Update to 11.2.8 | CVE-2026-103917 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection ≤11.2.7Update to 11.2.8 | CVE-2026-111408 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤11.2.7Update to 11.2.8 | CVE-2026-107862 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'qsm_hidden_questions' Parameter ≤11.2.6Update to 11.2.7 | CVE-2026-96558 |
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'qpages' Parameter
≤11.2.9Update to 11.3.0
- Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'qsm_unique_key' Parameter
≤11.2.7Update to 11.2.8
- High7.5Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection
≤11.2.7Update to 11.2.8
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤11.2.7Update to 11.2.8
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'qsm_hidden_questions' Parameter
≤11.2.6Update to 11.2.7
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.