# CVE-2022-0180: Cross-site request forgery in Quiz And Survey Master

> A CSRF vulnerability in Quiz And Survey Master allows attackers to hijack administrator sessions and perform arbitrary actions via crafted web pages.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rxq6-93jm-c3wv

## What is CVE-2022-0180?

CVE-2022-0180 is a high-severity vulnerability in ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master, published on 17 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Quiz And Survey Master versions prior to 7.3.7 allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of administrators and conduct arbitrary operations via a specially crafted web page.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0180?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Expresstech Quiz and Survey Master.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0180?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master

- [CVE-2020-35949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35949/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-3592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3592/): SQL injection in Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-35951](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35951/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-5606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5606/): Quiz And Survey Master < 9.0.2 - Contributor+ SQLi (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24221/): Quiz And Survey Master < 7.1.12 - Authenticated SQL injection via shortcode (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0180 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0180 is a high-severity vulnerability in ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master, published on 17 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ExpressTech Quiz And Survey Master. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0180/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0180/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0180
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0180
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0180

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0180/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.