Medium severity · published Jul 3, 2026
CVE-2026-9230
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) <= 11.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Quiz Modification and Email Reroute via Leaked Nonce from /quiz/structure
4.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 11.1.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to modify quizzes they do not own, overwrite quiz results pages, and reroute quiz-result notification emails to attacker-controlled addresses. An attacker first calls the /quiz/structure endpoint with an arbitrary victim quiz ID to obtain a valid nonce bound to that quiz ID and their own user ID, then presents that nonce to the /quizzes/{id}/emails save endpoint, which accepts it without verifying quiz ownership.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QA
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker · expresstech
through 11.1.4 · source: vendor
Affected product
QA
Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker
expresstech
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9230
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9230
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/blocks/block.php#L257
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/blocks/block.php#L424
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/mlw_quizmaster2.php#L890
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/php/rest-api.php#L460
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/php/rest-api.php#L513
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.3.5/php/rest-api.php#L862
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