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CVE-2026-79615 (GCVE-0-2026-79615)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-28 13:03

Title

Quiz And Survey Master < 11.2.4 - Contributor+ Cross-Quiz Question Bank and Answer Key Disclosure via IDOR

Summary

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 11.2.4 does not check authorisation when returning question bank entries through one of its REST API routes, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to read the questions, hints and correct answer keys of quizzes belonging to other users.

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-28 12:58 UTC

CWE

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4c77fda-edc2-44…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Unknown	Quiz and Survey Master (QSM)	Affected: 0 , < 11.2.4 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Shikhali Jamalzade WPScan

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FKIE_CVE-2026-79615

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-28 08:16 - Updated: 2026-08-28 18:40

Severity

2.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4c77fda-edc2-44c5-95d9-358636896b5f/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-P22C-6JVF-Q7G6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-28 18:31

Details

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-p22c-6jvf-q7g6",
  "modified": "2026-08-28T18:31:27Z",
  "published": "2026-08-28T09:31:45Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79615"
    },
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    }
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

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