CVE-2024-1079: Quiz Maker <= 6.5.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Quiz Data Retrieval

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ays_show_results() function in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to fetch arbitrary quiz results which can contain PII.

Affected products

Ays Pro Quiz Maker: before 6.5.2.5 — fixed in 6.5.2.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ays Pro Quiz Maker 6.5.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3032035/quiz-maker/tags/6.5.2.5/admin/class-quiz-maker-admin.php?old=3030468&old_path=quiz-maker%2Ftags%2F6.5.2.4%2Fadmin%2Fclass-quiz-maker-admin.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/602df370-cd5b-46dc-a653-6522aef0c62f?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3032035/quiz-maker/tags/6.5.2.5/admin/class-quiz-maker-admin.php?old=3030468&old_path=quiz-maker%2Ftags%2F6.5.2.4%2Fadmin%2Fclass-quiz-maker-admin.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/602df370-cd5b-46dc-a653-6522aef0c62f?source=cve

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