PT-2024-16539 · WordPress · Quiz Maker

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-02-07 · Updated 2024-02-22 · CVE-2024-1078

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.5.2.4

Description The issue is related to a missing capability check on the ays quick start() and add question rows() functions. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to create arbitrary quizzes, resulting in unauthorized modification of data.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 6.5.2.4, consider disabling the ays quick start() and add question rows() functions until a patch is available to prevent unauthorized modification of data. Restrict access to these functions to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1078

Affected Products

Quiz Maker

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1078 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1078 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3032035/quiz-maker/tags/6.5.2.5/admin/class-quiz-maker-admin.php?old=3030468&old_path=quiz-maker%2Ftags%2F6.5.2.4%2Fadmin%2Fclass-quiz-maker-admin.php · Patch
• https://t.me/cvenotify/70360 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/71398 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1755194261106983255 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ba2b270-5f02-4cd8-8a22-1723c3873d67?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1755134515914428843 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/_JohnHammond/status/1760693886648025241 · Twitter Post