Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Survey Maker Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-13505

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Status
Survey Maker
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 January 2025

Summary

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is exposed to a vulnerability that allows stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate input sanitization. This vulnerability exists in the 'ays_sections[5][questions][8][title]' parameter, which can be exploited by authenticated users with administrator-level privileges. Attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute on pages visited by users, posing a significant security risk, especially in multi-site environments where unfiltered HTML is disabled.

Affected Version(s)

Survey Maker * <= 5.1.3.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/survey-maker/t...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Joel Indra
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