Vulnerability · Published Jun 27, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-13422HD Quiz 2.2.0 - 2.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Multiple AJAX Handlers
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in HD Quiz from harmonic_design. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The HD Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 2.2.0 to 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the hdq_validate_nonce function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete or modify quizzes and questions, create new quizzes, and change plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| harmonic_design | HD Quiz | 2.2.0 – through 2.2.1 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c886ce5a-0633-4892-9471-c1a7ee858c93?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/functions.php#L39
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/functions.php#L39
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L87
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L155
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L179
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L7
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L87
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L155
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L179
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L7
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.2/includes/functions.php#L40