vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: quiz-master-next: CVE-2020-35951: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Aug 3, 2020 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 3, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin before 7.0.1 for WordPress. It allows users to delete arbitrary files such as wp-config.php file, which could effectively take a site offline and allow an attacker to reinstall with a WordPress instance under their control. This occurred via qsm_remove_file_fd_question, which allowed unauthenticated deletions (even though it was only intended for a person to delete their own quiz-answer files).
Solution
quiz-master-next-plugin-cve-2020-35951
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35951
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/18458883-6cca-46d1-8437-4e646f4eafda?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-23534
- CVE-2020-35951
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-35951
- CWE-306
- EUVD-EUVD-2020-23534
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