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CVE-2025-12426:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress contains a Sensitive Information Exposure vulnerability (CVE-2025-12426) affecting all versions up to and including 6.7.0.80. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence on November 19, 2025 (NVD CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from the plugin exposing quiz answers through the aysquizcheckanswer AJAX action without proper authorization checks. While the endpoint implements nonce validation, the same nonce is publicly accessible to all site visitors via the quizmakerajaxpublic localized script data. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity and no privileges required (NVD CVE).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data, specifically quiz answers for any quiz question. This could compromise the integrity of quiz systems and expose confidential testing material (NVD CVE).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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