CVE-2026-14821 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 11.1.5 does not perform a capability check before deleting output templates, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to delete arbitrary templates.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00132.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a53df549-5af1-4a0b-9f0f-a8c7893c82b6/

History

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-862
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin before 11.1.5 does not perform a capability check before deleting output templates, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to delete arbitrary templates.
Title		Quiz And Survey Master < 11.1.5 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Template Deletion
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a53df549-5af1-4a0b-9f0f-a8c7893c82b6/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-28T06:00:01.689Z

Updated: 2026-07-28T13:22:10.693Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T08:27:18.113Z

Link: CVE-2026-14821

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-28T13:21:57.381Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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