Is CVE-2019-17599 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-17599 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-17599?

CVE-2019-17599 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-17599?

CVE-2019-17599 has an EPSS score of 1.66% (74th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17599?

Upgrade quiz and survey master to 6.3.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-17599

MEDIUMEPSS 74th pctl

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The quiz-master-next (aka Quiz And Survey Master) plugin before 6.3.5 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter (and/or the quiz_id parameter). The component is: admin/quiz-options-page.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

quiz and survey masterNVD

Affected:< 6.3.5Fixed in:6.3.5CVE-2019-17599derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Release Notes1

wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.