WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Chained Quiz < 1.3.6 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference via Cookie

Description

The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in version 1.3.4 and below via the quiz submission and completion mechanisms due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to hijack and modify other users' quiz attempts by manipulating the chained_completion_id cookie value, allowing them to alter quiz answers, scores, and results of any user. The vulnerability was partially patched in versions 1.3.4 and 1.3.5.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.3.6

References

Classification

Type
IDOR
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Karuppiah Sabari Kumar
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-09-17 (about 11 months ago)
Added
2025-09-17 (about 11 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-09-18 (about 11 months ago)

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