What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Quiz Maker Business, Developer, and Agency plugins for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 8.8.0 (Business), up to, and including, 21.8.0 (Developer), and up to, and including, 31.8.0 (Agency). This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Quiz Maker Developer through version 21.8.0 contains an improper code evaluation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected sites. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and can be exploited over the network. This affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Execute arbitrary code on the site without authentication.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Attackers can read data, modify content, or disable the site without needing a user account.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
January 26, 2025
CVE published
January 27, 2025
Record updated
