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CVE-2026-116509

MEDIUM 6.5

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) <= 11.2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'qpages' Parameter

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'qpages' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 11.2.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. 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. The injected payload survives storage and a published-status check in display_shortcode() because a non-numeric ID causes the isPublished lookup to return an empty string, after which the payload is imploded directly into a WHERE question_id IN() clause via plain string interpolation with no wpdb->prepare() or esc_sql() call.

CWE CWE-89
Vendor expresstech
Product quiz and survey master (qsm) – quiz maker & survey maker
Published Nov 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

expresstech / Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker
0 ≤ 11.2.9

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cbca9065-6f0a-4fb3-ba54-ebd8a7c44af1?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.9/php/classes/class-qmn-quiz-manager.php#L688 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.9/php/admin/options-page-questions-tab.php#L1187 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.9/php/admin/options-page-questions-tab.php#L1193 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.9/php/admin/options-page-questions-tab.php#L1209 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.9/php/admin/functions.php#L1135 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3779826%40quiz-master-next&new=3779826%40quiz-master-next

Credits

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