CVE-2023-0291 is a critical authorization bypass vulnerability affecting the Quiz And Survey Master plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 8.0.8. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files due to a missing capability check in the qsm_remove_file_fd_question AJAX action. Rated with a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can lead to high impact on data integrity and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0.8CPE 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:N/I:L/A:L
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.