CVE-2023-0291 (GCVE-0-2023-0291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-09 05:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:58
VLAI
Title
Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.0.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media Deletion
Summary
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-28 00:40 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
expresstech Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker Affected: 0 , ≤ 8.0.8 (semver)
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Credits
Julien Ahrens
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