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CVE-2025-9294: Quiz And Survey Master <= 10.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Quiz Results Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-06 · updated 2026-10-07
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the qsm_dashboard_delete_result function in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete quiz results.

Affected products

• ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master: before 10.3.2 — fixed in 10.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master 10.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.2.6/php/admin/options-page-questions-tab.php#L1116
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-9294/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55895508-d0ef-4855-8d15-b8a45ba0dcb2?source=cve

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