CVE-2016-11085

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

php/qmn_options_questions_tab.php in the quiz-master-next plugin before 4.7.9 for WordPress allows CSRF, with resultant stored XSS, via the question_name parameter because js/admin_question.js mishandles parsing inside of a SCRIPT element.

Affected products

ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master: before 4.7.9 — fixed in 4.7.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master 4.7.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfstored-xss-in-quiz-and-survey-master-formerly-quiz-master-next-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-do-almost-anything-an-admin-can/
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrfstored-xss-in-quiz-and-survey-master-formerly-quiz-master-next-allows-unauthenticated-attackers-to-do-almost-anything-an-admin-can/

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