CVE-2021-24368: Quiz And Survey Master < 7.1.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Quiz And Survey Master – Best Quiz, Exam and Survey Plugin WordPress plugin before 7.1.18 did not sanitise or escape its result_id parameter when displaying an existing quiz result page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue. This could allow for privilege escalation by inducing a logged in admin to open a malicious link

Affected products

ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master: before 7.1.18 — fixed in 7.1.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master 7.1.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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