CVE-2025-9318: The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘is_linking’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.1

medium Affects quiz-master-next (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2026-01-06; advisory modified 2026-10-07.

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘is_linking’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.1

Package: quiz-master-next (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <10.3.2
Fixed in: 10.3.2
Severity: medium CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (17.5th percentile)
Published: 2026-01-06
Source: nvd

References

CWE-89

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