---
id: CVE-2025-9294
title: >-
  The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing
  capability check on the qsm_dashboard_delete_result function in all versions
  up to, and includ…
summary: >-
  The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing
  capability check on the qsm_dashboard_delete_result function in all versions
  up to, and includ…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-285
  - CWE-862
vendor: expresstech
product: quiz_and_survey_master
affected:
  - quiz_and_survey_master < 10.3.2
patched:
  - quiz_and_survey_master 10.3.2
published: '2026-01-06'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9294'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quiz-master-next/tags/10.2.6/php/admin/options-page-questions-tab.php#L1116
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-9294/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55895508-d0ef-4855-8d15-b8a45ba0dcb2?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0022
epssPercentile: 0.11336
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.547Z'
---

## Overview

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the qsm_dashboard_delete_result function in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete quiz results.

## Affected

- `quiz_and_survey_master < 10.3.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `quiz_and_survey_master 10.3.2`