CVE-2026-96558
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) <= 11.2.6 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'qsm_hidden_questions' Parameter
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.2 High
- Published
- Oct 10, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 23, 2026
Description
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'qsm_hidden_questions' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 11.2.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the attacker to force the mlw_results INSERT to fail by submitting an over-length or duplicate qsm_unique_key value, which triggers the audit trail code branch that writes the unescaped payload to wp_mlw_qm_audit_trail.form_data.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Makerexpresstech |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e344974-08c8-45a5-a0f4-3780ce00928b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/js/qsm-admin.js#L758
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/classes/class-qmn-quiz-manager.php#L3002
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/classes/class-qsm-audit.php#L36
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/admin/tools-page.php#L548
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/classes/class-qmn-quiz-manager.php#L2850
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3711419%40quiz-master-next&new=3711419%40quiz-master-next
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