CVE-2023-5956

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.0.2 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).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Wp-Adv-Quiz	<= 1.0.2

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b3d1fbae-88c9-45d1-92c6-0a529b21e3b2/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b3d1fbae-88c9-45d1-92c6-0a529b21e3b2/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 29, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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