CVE-2022-4220

The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.3.2.4. This is due to missing nonce validation on the list_questions() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete questions from quizzes via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0e	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chained-quiz/trunk/controllers/questions.php#L73	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2826623%40chained-quiz&new=2826623%40chained-quiz&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/966a3a33-3d22-4671-8893-7a64ff838f39?source=cve
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4220	Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0e	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chained-quiz/trunk/controllers/questions.php#L73	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2826623%40chained-quiz&new=2826623%40chained-quiz&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4220	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:chained_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-02 21:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 05:20

NVD link : CVE-2022-4220

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4220

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4220

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kibokolabs

chained_quiz

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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