Record summary

CVE-2025-9318 has a selected CVSS score of 6.5 (medium).

Description

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘is_linking’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationNone
AutomatableNo
Technical impactPartial

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Jan 6, 2026 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

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ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker

Browse expresstech / Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker

Default status: unaffected

CVE ListThrough 10.3.1affected

References

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