Contributor-level stored XSS via unescaped answer fields
Published Jul 1, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Stored XSS in ExpressTech Systems Quiz and Survey Master before 9.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in viewers' browsers. The plugin stores an answer-field HTML payload and outputs it without validation or escaping when an embedded quiz is opened in the post editor. Contributor-level access is required, and an administrator must edit the post and click the quiz; the script can act in that administrator's session.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in ExpressTech Systems Quiz and Survey Master before 9.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in viewers' browsers. The plugin stores an answer-field HTML payload and outputs it without validation or escaping when an embedded quiz is opened in the post editor. Contributor-level access is required, and an administrator must edit the post and click the quiz; the script can act in that administrator's session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-4934
- Published
- Jul 1, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- ExpressTech Systems
- Product
- Quiz and Survey Master
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <9.0.2
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan answer-field stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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