CVE-2024-10679: expresstech quiz and survey master Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-10679 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in expresstech quiz and survey master. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 9.2.1.
Timeline
- 25-03-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-03-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- wordfenceSource4.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
26%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.33% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Expresstech1 product
- quiz and survey master< 9.2.1
Unknown1 product
- quiz and survey master (qsm)< 9.2.1
Wordpress1 product
- quiz-master-next≤ 9.2.0 (fixed in 9.2.1)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/001391eb-f181-441d-b777-d9ce098ba143/ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory