CVE-2026-2412
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) <= 10.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'merged_question' Parameter
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Mar 23, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 12, 2026
Description
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'merged_question' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.5. This is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input before being used in a SQL query. The sanitize_text_field() function applied to the merged_question parameter does not prevent SQL metacharacters like ), OR, AND, and # from being included in the value, which is then directly concatenated into a SQL IN() clause without using $wpdb->prepare() or casting values to integers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Makerexpresstech |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b32bf1cb-3722-41fc-be51-dabe80416b14?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/php/classes/class-qsm-questions.php#L387
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/php/rest-api.php#L760
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486710/quiz-master-next/trunk/php/rest-api.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486710/quiz-master-next/trunk/php/classes/class-qsm-questions.php
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