CVE-2024-1079 (GCVE-0-2024-1079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-07 07:32
Modified
2026-04-08 16:56
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Summary
The Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ays_show_results() function in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to fetch arbitrary quiz results which can contain PII.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ays-pro Quiz Maker Version: 0   ≤ 6.5.2.4
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