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CVE-2021-24571: The HD Quiz WordPress plugin before 1.8.4 does not escape some of its Answers before outputting them in attribute when generating the Quiz, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

medium Affects hd-quiz (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The HD Quiz WordPress plugin before 1.8.4 does not escape some of its Answers before outputting them in attribute when generating the Quiz, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Package
hd-quiz (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.8.4
Fixed in
1.8.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (49.8th percentile)
Published
2021-08-23
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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