# CVE-2024-0872: Watu Quiz <= 3.4.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

> Authenticated contributors can extract sensitive user metadata, including session tokens and emails, via the watu-userinfo shortcode in Watu Quiz.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-49pj-m3ff-pg2m

## What is CVE-2024-0872?

CVE-2024-0872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in prasunsen Watu Quiz, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 via the watu-userinfo shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive user meta data which can include session tokens and user emails.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0872?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kibokolabs Watu Quiz.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0872?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0872 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0872 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0872 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in prasunsen Watu Quiz

- [CVE-2024-53792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53792/): WordPress Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.1.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-46242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46242/): WordPress Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.3 - SQL Injection Vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2023-0428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0428/): Watu Quiz < 3.3.8.2 - Reflected XSS (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-30844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30844/): WordPress Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.4.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-30483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30483/): WordPress Watu Quiz Plugin <= 3.3.9.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0872 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in prasunsen Watu Quiz, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0872 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: prasunsen Watu Quiz. 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-2024-0872/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0872/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0872
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0872
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0872

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0872/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.