CVE-2024-10679 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) < 9.2.1 - Author+ Stored XSS

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into QSM settings, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments where unfiltered HTML is disabled.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2024-10679?

CVE-2024-10679 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Quiz and Survey Master (QSM), published on 25 Mar 2025. 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

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 9.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10679?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Expresstech Quiz and Survey Master.

How do I fix CVE-2024-10679?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10679 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-10679 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10679 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h2gq-85xh-8c3c.

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