CVE-2026-79615
LowCVSS 2.7Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before version 11.2.4 does not check authorisation when returning question bank entries through one of its REST API routes. Users with a role as low as Contributor can read the questions, hints and correct answer keys of quizzes belonging to other users.
Risk Assessment
This could lead to leakage of sensitive quiz data such as answers, potentially compromising the integrity of exams or tests.
Recommendation
Update the Quiz and Survey Master plugin to version 11.2.4 or later, which includes the authorisation fix.
Other vulnerabilities in Quiz and Survey Master WordPress plugin
See all- CVE-2026-14824Medium
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before version 11.2.2 does not properly escape a question setting before outputting it into an unquoted HTML attribute. This allows users with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in the browser of any user viewing the affected quiz.
- CVE-2023-3575Medium
The Quiz And Survey Master WordPress plugin before version 8.1.11 does not properly sanitize and escape question titles, which could allow users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 11.2.4 does not check authorisation when returning question bank entries through one of its REST API routes, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to read the questions, hints and correct answer keys of quizzes belonging to other users.