CVE-2019-17599: expresstech quiz and survey master Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-17599 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in expresstech quiz and survey master. EPSS estimates a 1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 6.3.5.
Timeline
- 13-12-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The quiz-master-next (aka Quiz And Survey Master) plugin before 6.3.5 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter (and/or the quiz_id parameter). The component is: admin/quiz-options-page.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- wordfenceSource6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.66%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.66% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundQuiz Master Next
Maturity: poc
Exploit Reference (wpvulndb.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Expresstech1 product
- quiz and survey master< 6.3.5
Wordpress1 product
- quiz-master-next≤ 6.3.4 (fixed in 6.3.5)
2 vendors · 2 products
References
5 links- github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/issues/795X Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory