6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-17599
WordPress Quiz And Survey Master Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

The quiz-master-next (aka Quiz And Survey Master) plugin before 6.3.5 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter (and/or the quiz_id parameter). The component is: admin/quiz-options-page.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 13, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 17, 2019, 9:06 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-17599 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Quizandsurveymaster quiz_and_survey_master
1 Expresstech quiz_and_survey_master
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-17599.

URL Resource
https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/issues/795 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/pull/796 Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/#developers Release Notes
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9977 Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-17599 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-17599 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/issues/795 No Types Assigned https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/issues/795 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/pull/796 No Types Assigned https://github.com/QuizandSurveyMaster/quiz_master_next/pull/796 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/quiz-master-next/#developers Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9977 No Types Assigned https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9977 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:expresstech:quiz_and_survey_master:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.3.5
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9977 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-17599 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-17599 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.23 }} 0.09%

score

0.60518

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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