CVE-2025-63054
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in ExpressTech Systems Quiz And Survey Master quiz-master-next allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Quiz And Survey Master: from n/a through <= 10.3.2.
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 · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in the Quiz And Survey Master WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The vulnerability stems from insufficient permission checks on certain functions, potentially allowing lower-privileged users or unauthenticated actors to access administrative features intended only for higher-privileged users.
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CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Quiz And Survey Master and read the version number displayed. Alternatively, check the plugin's main PHP file for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block.Affected if The installed version is 10.3.2 or lower (versions prior to the security patch).
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Verify the plugin is activeConfirm that the Quiz And Survey Master plugin is currently activated in the WordPress site. Check Plugins > Installed Plugins for an 'Active' status indicator.Affected if The plugin is active and the version is 10.3.2 or lower.
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Inspect user role assignments for quiz managementGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin. Review which users have the Quiz Master or Editor roles assigned. Check if any low-privilege users (Subscriber, Contributor, Author) have been granted elevated quiz management capabilities.Affected if Lower-privileged users (Subscriber, Contributor, Author) have been assigned Quiz Master or Editor roles, or any administrative quiz capabilities.
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Check for unauthorized quiz configuration accessAttempt to access the quiz settings pages (Quiz And Survey Master > Quizzes or Settings) using an account with Subscriber-level privileges to verify if permission boundaries are enforced.Affected if A lower-privileged user can access administrative quiz features without proper authorization checks.
A user is affected if they are running Quiz And Survey Master version 10.3.2 or lower and have lower-privileged users with elevated quiz roles or can access admin features without proper authorization.
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.
From vendor dataApply the latest security patch from ExpressTech Systems (version > 10.3.2 once released) and audit all access control logic to ensure proper role-based permission checks are enforced on sensitive quiz management operations.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-63054 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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