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CVE-2019-17599

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The quiz-master-next (aka Quiz And Survey Master) plugin before 6.3.5 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter (and/or the quiz_id parameter). The component is: admin/quiz-options-page.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.

Affected products

• ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master: before 6.3.5 — fixed in 6.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master 6.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/issues/795
• https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/pull/796
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9977
• https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/issues/795
• https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/pull/796
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9977

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