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Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.2.1 - Author+ Stored XSS

Type: advisorySources: OSV

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-10679
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 15:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.2.1 - Author+ Stored XSS

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Mar 2025, 06:00 UTC

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

osv:CVE-2024-10679
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10679",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.2.1 - Author+ Stored XSS",
    "summary": "The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-10679",
    "products": [],
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  "published_at": "2025-03-25T06:00:09.267+00:00"
}