CVE-2022-4217: medium-severity vulnerability in prasunsen Chained Quiz
Chained Quiz <= 1.3.2.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Mailchimp API Key
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.5epss 0.7%
The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'api_key' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
prasunsen · Chained QuizRelated CVEs — prasunsen Chained Quiz
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2022-4215MEDIUMChained Quiz <= 1.3.2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via dateEPSS 1.0%CVE-2025-10493MEDIUMChained Quiz <= 1.3.5 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference via CookieEPSS 0.9%CVE-2022-4212MEDIUMChained Quiz <= 1.3.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ipfEPSS 0.9%CVE-2022-4211MEDIUMChained Quiz <= 1.3.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via emailfEPSS 0.9%CVE-2022-4210MEDIUMChained Quiz <= 1.3.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via dnfEPSS 0.9%CVE-2022-4209MEDIUMChained Quiz <= 1.3.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via pointsfEPSS 0.9%
References
https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0ehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2824193https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2825368%40chained-quiz&new=2825368%40chained-quiz&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93a07027-1068-41fa-bd6b-74ccc0441a16?source=cvehttps://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4217