# CVE-2025-10493: Chained Quiz \<= 1.3.5 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference via Cookie

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2025-09-18 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- prasunsen Chained Quiz: through 1.3.5

## Description

The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in version 1.3.4 and below via the quiz submission and completion mechanisms due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to hijack and modify other users' quiz attempts by manipulating the chained_completion_id cookie value, allowing them to alter quiz answers, scores, and results of any user. The vulnerability was partially patched in versions 1.3.4 and 1.3.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on prasunsen Chained Quiz, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1d8f6965-1fe3-4f24-bd6b-9026e91bc5db?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chained-quiz/tags/1.3.3/controllers/quizzes.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chained-quiz/tags/1.3.3/models/quiz.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3362561/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3362701/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3362966/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52464

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