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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-0181
CVE-2022-0181:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in Quiz And Survey Master WordPress plugin versions prior to 7.3.7. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2022-0181 and was disclosed on January 12, 2022. This vulnerability affects the Quiz And Survey Master plugin, which is a WordPress plugin provided by ExpressTech for creating quizzes and surveys (JVN Report).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a reflected cross-site scripting (CWE-79) issue. According to the CVSS v3 scoring, it received a base score of 6.1 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). The CVSS v2 score was rated at 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (JVN Report).
Impact
If successfully exploited, an arbitrary script may be executed on the web browser of the user who is logging in to the product with administrative privileges (JVN Report).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update the Quiz And Survey Master plugin to version 7.3.7 or later to address this vulnerability. The fix was provided by the developer through an update (JVN Report).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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