Quiz And Survey MasterWordPress extension · Expresstech
CVE-2022-40698
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAuth. (subscriber+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Quiz And Survey Master plugin <= 7.3.10 on WordPress.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAuthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Quiz And Survey Master WordPress plugin affecting versions 7.3.10 and below. The flaw allows attackers with subscriber-level or higher WordPress permissions to inject malicious JavaScript code through plugin parameters.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Quiz And Survey MasterWordPress extension
< 7.3.11CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm the plugin is installedCheck your WordPress wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder related to Quiz And Survey Master or ExpresstechAffected if The plugin folder is present in the plugins directory
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Determine the installed plugin versionOpen the plugin's main PHP file or readme.txt and locate the version number in the file headerAffected if The version number found is 7.3.10 or below (anything less than 7.3.11)
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Identify active user accounts with subscriber or higher accessIn WordPress admin, navigate to Users > All Users and list all registered users and their rolesAffected if There is at least one user with subscriber, contributor, author, editor, or administrator role
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Verify the plugin is actively processing user inputCheck if any quiz or survey shortcodes are in use on the site, which would cause the plugin to process parametersAffected if Quiz or survey functionality is actively used on published pages or posts
You are affected if the plugin is installed with version 7.3.10 or below and any subscriber-level or higher user account exists on the WordPress site.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped7.3.11
Update Quiz And Survey Master plugin to a version newer than 7.3.10. This is the primary remediation as the vulnerability is in the plugin itself.
7.3.11 or latest available version
- Backup your WordPress site before making any changes
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in your WordPress admin dashboard
- Locate 'Quiz And Survey Master' in the plugin list
- Verify the current version is below 7.3.11
- Click 'Update Now' to install version 7.3.11 or later, or download the latest version from wordpress.org and upload it manually
- After updating, verify the installed version is 7.3.11 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-40698 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
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