Quiz Maker <= 6.5.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Quiz Creation & Modification

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-1078
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 6, 2024
Last Updated February 7, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

The Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ays_quick_start() and add_question_rows() functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary quizzes.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug quiz-maker (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.5.2.4
Patched Version
  • 6.5.2.5
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