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CVE-2023-0291

Published: Jun 9, 2023

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.2

HIGH

Description

The Quiz And Survey Master for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the function associated with the qsm_remove_file_fd_question AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 8.0.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.

Vendor	Product	Versions
expresstech	Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker	affected `0 - <= 8.0.8`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68110321-db1a-4634-98cd-0afd3ec933b8?source=cve

https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171011/wpqsm808-xsrf.txt

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2834471/quiz-master-next

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