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CVE-2026-2412

MEDIUM 6.5

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) <= 10.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'merged_question' Parameter

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-89
Vendor expresstech
Product quiz and survey master (qsm) – easy quiz and survey maker
Published Mar 23, 2026
Last Updated Apr 8, 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) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker
0 ≤ 10.3.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b32bf1cb-3722-41fc-be51-dabe80416b14?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/php/classes/class-qsm-questions.php#L387 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/php/rest-api.php#L760 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486710/quiz-master-next/trunk/php/rest-api.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486710/quiz-master-next/trunk/php/classes/class-qsm-questions.php

Credits

Thanh Hao