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CVE-2023-34423: Survey Maker prior to 3.6.4 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

MediumCVSS 6.1 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.35% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Survey Maker prior to 3.6.4 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary script may be executed on the web browser of the user who is logging in to the website using the product with the administrative privilege.

Published
Apr 3, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 29th percentile

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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
ays-prosurvey maker

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jpcert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • AYS Pro Plugins Survey Maker

    • prior to 3.6.4affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ays-pro survey makerbefore 3.6.4

Same product

ays-pro: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-22697WordPress Survey Maker plugin <= 3.2.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-23490The Survey Maker WordPress Plugin, version < 3.1.2, is affected by an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'surveys_ids'…
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2021-24459Survey Maker < 1.5.6 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-27996Mar 19, 2024 · WordPress Survey Maker plugin <= 4.0.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-29918Mar 27, 2024 · WordPress Survey Maker plugin <= 4.0.6 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-35764Apr 3, 2024 · Insufficient verification of data authenticity issue in Survey Maker prior to 3.6.4 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to spoof an IP…
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2023-2572303 days apartSurvey Maker < 3.4.7 - Reflected XSS
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-0038456 days apartSurvey Maker – Best WordPress Survey Plugin <= 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2024-299187 days apartWordPress Survey Maker plugin <= 4.0.6 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-2799615 days apartWordPress Survey Maker plugin <= 4.0.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2024-406148 days apartSurvey Maker < 4.2.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Plugin Settings
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2024-8488188 days apartSurvey Maker – Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire, Chat Survey, Calculation Form, Payment Forms <= 4.9.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    19Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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References

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