Is Survey Maker by AYS safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. Survey Maker by AYS is closed on wordpress.org. Closed on 2026-11-03. Closed plugins get no updates through WordPress, so new security holes will not be fixed for you. Keep Survey Maker by AYS on the latest version and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Survey Maker by AYS are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Cross-site scripting (XSS) (5.2.3.3 and older, fixed in 5.2.3.4); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (5.2.2.5 and older, fixed in 5.2.2.6); Missing authorization check (5.1.9.4 and older, fixed in 5.1.9.5); Missing authorization check (5.1.9.4 and older); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (5.1.8.8 and older, fixed in 5.1.8.9); Authentication bypass (5.1.6.3 and older, fixed in 5.1.6.4). The full list with sources is on this page.

What should I do if my Survey Maker by AYS is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update survey-maker). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · survey-maker · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Survey Maker by AYS safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Status: Closed 2026-11-03
Known issues on record: 19
Unpatched in latest: 0

What to do

Replace it. A closed plugin gets no updates through WordPress, so any hole found from now on stays open.
Deactivate and delete it once you have a replacement (Plugins → Deactivate → Delete). Deleting removes its files; deactivating alone leaves them on the server.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan, or have us clean it: Emergency Cleanup, $499.

With WP-CLI, once you have a replacement: wp plugin deactivate survey-maker && wp plugin delete survey-maker

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

19 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version. 19 record(s) do not state which versions are affected.

high 7.1 CVE-2026-65565 · published 2026-08-06

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.2.3.3 and older)

Affected: 5.2.3.3 and older
Fixed in: 5.2.3.4
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker <= 5.2.3.3 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-65565 Patchstack advisory

high 7.1 CVE-2026-57361 · published 2026-07-02

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.2.2.5 and older)

Affected: 5.2.2.5 and older
Fixed in: 5.2.2.6
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker <= 5.2.2.5 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-57361 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.5 CVE-2025-64276 · published 2025-11-13

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.9.4 and older)

Affected: 5.1.9.4 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.9.5
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ays Pro Survey Maker survey-maker allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Survey Maker: from n/a through <= 5.1.9.4.

NVD CVE-2025-64276 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.3 CVE-2025-12891 · published 2025-11-13

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.9.4 and older)

Affected: 5.1.9.4 and older
Fixed in: unknown
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ays_survey_show_results' AJAX endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view all survey submissions.

NVD CVE-2025-12891 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.3 CVE-2025-12892 · published 2025-11-13

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.9.4 and older)

Affected: 5.1.9.4 and older
Fixed in: unknown
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the deactivate_plugin_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the ays_survey_maker_upgrade_plugin option.

NVD CVE-2025-12892 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.9 CVE-2025-48095 · published 2025-10-22

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.8.8 and older)

Affected: 5.1.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.8.9
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Ays Pro Survey Maker survey-maker allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Survey Maker: from n/a through <= 5.1.8.8.

NVD CVE-2025-48095 Patchstack advisory

high 7.1 CVE-2025-48098 · published 2025-10-22

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.8.8 and older)

Affected: 5.1.8.8 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.8.9
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2025-48098 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.3 CVE-2025-32275 · published 2025-04-10

Authentication bypass in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.6.3 and older)

Affected: 5.1.6.3 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.6.4
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Ays Pro Survey Maker survey-maker allows Identity Spoofing.This issue affects Survey Maker: from n/a through <= 5.1.6.3.

NVD CVE-2025-32275 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2025-22664 · published 2025-02-04

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.3.5 and older)

Affected: 5.1.3.5 and older
Fixed in: 5.1.3.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2025-22664 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2024-13505 · published 2025-01-26

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.3.3 and older)

Affected: 5.1.3.3 and older
Fixed in: unknown
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘ays_sections[5][questions][8][title]’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

NVD CVE-2024-13505 Wordfence advisory Plugin source

critical 9.8 CVE-2023-22697 · published 2024-12-13

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (3.2.0 and older)

Affected: 3.2.0 and older
Fixed in: 3.2.1
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Survey Maker team Survey Maker allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Survey Maker: from n/a through 3.2.0.

NVD CVE-2023-22697 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2024-50426 · published 2024-10-29

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.0.2 and older)

Affected: 5.0.2 and older
Fixed in: 5.0.3
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

NVD CVE-2024-50426 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2024-8488 · published 2024-10-08

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (4.9.5 and older)

Affected: 4.9.5 and older
Fixed in: unknown
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Survey fields in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

NVD CVE-2024-8488 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

medium 5.3 CVE-2023-35764 · published 2024-04-03

Security issue in Survey Maker by AYS (older than 3.6.4)

Affected: older than 3.6.4
Fixed in: 3.6.4
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: NVD analysis · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

Insufficient verification of data authenticity issue in Survey Maker prior to 3.6.4 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to spoof an IP address when posting.

NVD CVE-2023-35764 wordpress.org jvn.jp

medium 6.1 CVE-2023-34423 · published 2024-04-03

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (older than 3.6.4)

Affected: older than 3.6.4
Fixed in: 3.6.4
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: NVD analysis · score by CISA ADP

Details from the advisory

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.

NVD CVE-2023-34423 wordpress.org jvn.jp

medium 5.4 CVE-2024-29918 · published 2024-03-27

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (4.0.6 and older)

Affected: 4.0.6 and older
Fixed in: 4.0.7
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Survey Maker team Survey Maker allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Survey Maker: from n/a through 4.0.6.

NVD CVE-2024-29918 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.8 CVE-2024-27996 · published 2024-03-19

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (4.0.5 and older)

Affected: 4.0.5 and older
Fixed in: 4.0.6
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Survey Maker team Survey Maker allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Survey Maker: from n/a through 4.0.5.

NVD CVE-2024-27996 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.1 CVE-2023-0038 · published 2023-01-03

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (3.1.3 and older)

Affected: 3.1.3 and older
Fixed in: unknown
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The "Survey Maker – Best WordPress Survey Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via survey answers in versions up to, and including, 3.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts when submitting quizzes that will execute whenever a user accesses the submissions page.

NVD CVE-2023-0038 Wordfence advisory Plugin source

medium 6.1 CVE-2021-26256 · published 2022-02-21

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (2.0.6 and older)

Affected: 2.0.6 and older
Fixed in: unknown
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Survey Maker WordPress plugin (versions <= 2.0.6).

NVD CVE-2021-26256 Patchstack advisory wordpress.org

Recent activity

2026-11-03 — closed on wordpress.org.
2026-08-06 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-65565), fixed in 5.2.3.4.
2026-07-02 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-57361), fixed in 5.2.2.6.
2025-11-13 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-64276), fixed in 5.1.9.5.

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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (13) · Missing authorization (4) · Authentication bypass (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs, closure: wordpress.org/plugins/survey-maker (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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Is Survey Maker by AYS safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Survey Maker by AYS is closed on wordpress.org

What to do

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Known vulnerabilities

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.2.3.3 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.2.2.5 and older)

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.9.4 and older)

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.9.4 and older)

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.9.4 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.8.8 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.8.8 and older)

Authentication bypass in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.6.3 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.3.5 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.1.3.3 and older)

Missing authorization check in Survey Maker by AYS (3.2.0 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (5.0.2 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (4.9.5 and older)

Security issue in Survey Maker by AYS (older than 3.6.4)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (older than 3.6.4)

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (4.0.6 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (4.0.5 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (3.1.3 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Survey Maker by AYS (2.0.6 and older)

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