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CVE-2026-96558

HIGH 7.2

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) <= 11.2.6 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'qsm_hidden_questions' Parameter

CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor expresstech
Product quiz and survey master (qsm) – quiz maker & survey maker
Published Oct 10, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/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 ≤ 11.2.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e344974-08c8-45a5-a0f4-3780ce00928b?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/js/qsm-admin.js#L758 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/classes/class-qmn-quiz-manager.php#L3002 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/classes/class-qsm-audit.php#L36 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/admin/tools-page.php#L548 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/11.2.6/php/classes/class-qmn-quiz-manager.php#L2850 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3711419%40quiz-master-next&new=3711419%40quiz-master-next

Credits

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