CVE-2020-35949 describes a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 7.0.1. Unauthenticated attackers could exploit this flaw by bypassing Content-Type header checks during file uploads, allowing them to upload malicious .php files and achieve remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:expresstech:quiz_and_survey_master:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.