# CVE-2023-3575: Quiz And Survey Master < 8.1.11 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized question titles in the Quiz And Survey Master plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gp25-f9vr-66pv

## What is CVE-2023-3575?

CVE-2023-3575 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Quiz And Survey Master, published on 7 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Quiz And Survey Master WordPress plugin before 8.1.11 does not properly sanitize and escape question titles, which could allow users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3575?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Expresstech Quiz and Survey Master.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3575?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3575 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3575 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3575 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown 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-2022-0180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0180/): Cross-site request forgery in Quiz And Survey Master (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3575 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3575 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Quiz And Survey Master, published on 7 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-3575 exists.

Affected product: Unknown 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-2023-3575/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3575/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3575
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3575
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3575

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3575/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.