VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12517

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.25%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2019-09-13

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in the slickquiz plugin through 1.3.7.1 for WordPress. The save_quiz_score functionality available via the /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php endpoint allows unauthenticated users to submit quiz solutions/answers, which are stored in the database and later shown in the WordPress backend for all users with at least Subscriber rights. Because the plugin does not properly validate and sanitize this data, a malicious payload in either the name or email field is executed directly within the backend at /wp-admin/admin.php?page=slickquiz across all users with the privileges of at least Subscriber.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org — Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Product