Plugins · watu · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Watu Quiz safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.4.9
- Last updated
- 2026-09-22
- Active installs
- 3,000+
- Known issues on record
- 14
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 8.0+
Creates exams, surveys, and quizzes with unlimited number of questions and answers. Mobile/touch - friendly. — by Bob
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.4.9). Anything older than 3.4.5.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get watu --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update watu updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
14 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.
medium 4.3 CVE-2025-68587 · published 2025-12-24
Missing authorization check in Watu Quiz (3.4.5 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.5.1
- 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 Bob Watu Quiz watu allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.5.
medium 6.5 CVE-2025-67976 · published 2025-12-16
Missing authorization check in Watu Quiz (3.4.5 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.5.1
- 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 Bob Watu Quiz watu allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.5.
high 7.2 CVE-2025-11238 · published 2025-10-25
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (3.4.4 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.4 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.5 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the HTTP Referer header in versions less than, or equal to, 3.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when the "Save source URL" option is enabled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an user accesses an injected page.
medium 4.9 CVE-2025-46242 · published 2025-04-22
SQL injection in Watu Quiz (3.4.3 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz watu allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.3.
medium 6.1 CVE-2025-30844 · published 2025-04-01
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (3.4.2 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.3
- 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
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz watu allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.2.
high 8.8 CVE-2024-53792 · published 2024-12-02
SQL injection in Watu Quiz (3.4.1.2 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.1.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.1.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz watu allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.1.2.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-2640 · published 2024-07-12
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (older than 3.4.1.2)
- Affected
- older than 3.4.1.2
- Fixed in
- 3.4.1.2
- 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
The Watu Quiz WordPress plugin before 3.4.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users such as authors (if they've been authorized by admins) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
medium 4.3 CVE-2024-0872 · published 2024-04-09
Information disclosure in Watu Quiz (3.4.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.2 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 via the watu-userinfo shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract sensitive user meta data which can include session tokens and user emails.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-0873 · published 2024-04-09
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (3.4.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.4.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.2 *
- 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
The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'watu-basic-chart' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 6.1 CVE-2023-30483 · published 2023-08-14
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (3.3.9.2 and older)
- Affected
- 3.3.9.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.3.9.3
- 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
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kiboko Labs Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.3.9.2 versions.
medium 4.8 CVE-2023-25022 · published 2023-04-07
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (3.3.8 and older)
- Affected
- 3.3.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.3.8.1
- 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
Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kiboko Labs Watu Quiz plugin <= 3.3.8 versions.
medium 6.1 CVE-2023-0968 · published 2023-03-03
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (3.3.9 and older)
- Affected
- 3.3.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.4.2 *
- 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 Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘dn’, 'email', 'points', and 'date' parameters in versions up to, and including, 3.3.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
NVD CVE-2023-0968Wordfence advisoryWordfence advisoryPlugin source
medium 6.1 CVE-2023-0428 · published 2023-02-21
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (older than 3.3.8.2)
- Affected
- older than 3.3.8.2
- Fixed in
- 3.3.8.2
- 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 Watu Quiz WordPress plugin before 3.3.8.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
medium 4.8 CVE-2023-0429 · published 2023-02-21
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Watu Quiz (older than 3.3.8.2)
- Affected
- older than 3.3.8.2
- Fixed in
- 3.3.8.2
- 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 Watu Quiz WordPress plugin before 3.3.8.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Recent activity
- 2026-09-22 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.4.9).
- 2025-12-24 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-68587), fixed in 3.4.5.1.
- 2025-12-16 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-67976), fixed in 3.4.5.1.
- 2025-10-25 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-11238), fixed in 3.4.5.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Bob (3 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (9) · Missing authorization (2) · SQL injection (2) · Sensitive data exposure (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/watu (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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