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Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.0.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media Deletion

Type: advisorySources: OSV

The Quiz And Survey Master for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the function associated with the qsm_remove_file_fd_question AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 8.0.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-0291
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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3 Nov 2026, 14:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Quiz And Survey Master <= 8.0.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media Deletion

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Jun 2023, 05:33 UTC

The Quiz And Survey Master for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the function associated with the qsm_remove_file_fd_question AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 8.0.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.

osv:CVE-2023-0291
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "The Quiz And Survey Master for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the function associated with the qsm_remove_file_fd_question AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 8.0.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media files.",
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