CVE-2021-47962
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting via User Settings
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the user account settings page that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious HTML and JavaScript code. Attackers can inject script payloads into user profile fields at the edit_user endpoint, which execute in the browsers of users viewing the affected profile after submission.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.1
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting via User Settings
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the user account settings page that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious HTML and JavaScript code. Attackers can inject script payloads into user profile fields at the edit_user endpoint, which execute in the browsers of users viewing the affected profile after submission.
- Record
CVE-2021-47962- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-34815
5.1
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the user account settings page that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious HTML and JavaScript code. Attackers can inject script payloads into user profile fields at the edit_user endpoint, which execute in the browsers of users viewing the affected profile after submission.
- Record
EUVD-2021-34815- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-234g-j3mr-6rvx
5.1
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the user account...
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the user account settings page that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious HTML and JavaScript code. Attackers can inject script payloads into user profile fields at the edit_user endpoint, which execute in the browsers of users viewing the affected profile after submission.
- Record
GHSA-234g-j3mr-6rvx- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.1
Savsoft Quiz 5.0 contains a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability in the user account settings page that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious HTML and JavaScript code. Attackers can inject script payloads into user profile fields at the edit_user endpoint, which execute in the browsers of users viewing the affected profile after submission.
- Record
CVE-2021-47962- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-47962 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Savsofts Savsoft Quiz, published May 15, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.