CVE-2023-0291 (GCVE-0-2023-0291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-09 05:33 – Updated: 2024-12-28 00:51
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Summary
The Quiz And Survey Master for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the function associated with the qsm_remove_file_fd_question AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 8.0.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
expresstech Quiz And Survey Master – Best Quiz, Exam and Survey Plugin for WordPress Affected: * , ≤ 8.0.8 (semver)
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Julien Ahrens
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