CVE-2020-35949: An issue was discovered in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin before 7.0.1 for WordPress. It made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and achieve remote code execution.

critical Affects quiz-and-survey-master (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

An issue was discovered in the Quiz and Survey Master plugin before 7.0.1 for WordPress. It made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and achieve remote code execution.

Package
quiz-and-survey-master (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<7.0.1
Fixed in
7.0.1
Severity
critical  CVSS 10.0
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 5% (92.4th percentile)
Published
2021-01-01
Source
nvd

References

CWE-434
NVD recordquiz-and-survey-master (WordPress plugin) advisories

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