# CVE-2024-3592: SQL injection in Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker

> Authenticated contributors can exploit SQL injection in the Quiz And Survey Master plugin to extract sensitive database information.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 7 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h2qv-f8w8-72wh

## What is CVE-2024-3592?

CVE-2024-3592 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in expresstech Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker, published on 7 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Quiz And Survey Master – Best Quiz, Exam and Survey Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'question_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 9.0.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. CVE-2024-5606 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3592?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Expresstech Quiz and Survey Master.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3592?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3592 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3592 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3592 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in expresstech Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker

- [CVE-2020-35949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35949/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [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)
- [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-2024-3592 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3592 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in expresstech Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker, published on 7 Jun 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-2024-3592 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: expresstech Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker. 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-2024-3592/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3592/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3592
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3592
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3592

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3592/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.