Missing authorization in ExpressTech Quiz and Survey Master – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 11.1.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create, modify, and delete quiz output templates stored in the mlw_quiz_output_templates database table, including storing unsanitized HTML content such as arbitrary script tags.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExpressTech | Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker | up to 11.1.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker VendorExpressTech Affected up to 11.1.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:expresstech:quiz_and_survey_master:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | ExpressTech |
- cpe:2.3:a:expresstech:quiz_and_survey_master:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ExpressTech
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9233
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jrf7-2c28-2hc3
References
Other 12
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38db911b-cad5-4c8c-b0a4-70dc543b4591?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.1.2/php/admin/functions.php#L1557
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.1.2/php/admin/functions.php#L1563
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.1.2/php/admin/functions.php#L1638
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.1.2/php/admin/options-page-email-tab.php#L52
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.1.2/mlw_quizmaster2.php#L931
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.0.0/php/admin/functions.php#L1557
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.0.0/php/admin/functions.php#L1563
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.0.0/php/admin/functions.php#L1638
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.0.0/php/admin/options-page-email-tab.php#L52
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.0.0/mlw_quizmaster2.php#L931
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3570062%40quiz-master-next&new=3570062%40quiz-master-next&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More ExpressTech vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-18392 An issue was discovered in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin before 7.0.1 for WordPress. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2024-05207 Quiz And Survey Master < 9.0.2 - Contributor+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-05583 Quiz and Survey Master < 9.0.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-09897 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.2.1 - Author+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-05932 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2024-04590 Quiz And Survey Master < 9.0.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-9233 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9233 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jrf7-2c28-2hc3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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