CVE-2022-3739 — The WP Best Quiz WordPress plugin through 1

The WP Best Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

01What is this vulnerability?

The WP Best Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	WP Best Quiz	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-01-16T15:53:10.932Z
• Last modified: 2025-06-20T16:57:28.497Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b9f39ced-1e0f-4559-b861-39ddcbcd1249/