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.
CVE-2026-13422
Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 19(Track)EG Risk 19/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 18%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 27, 2026
Last Modified
June 29, 2026
References (16)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L155
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L179
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L53
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L68
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L7
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/actions-ajax.php#L87
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.0/includes/functions.php#L39
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L155
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L179
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L53
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L68
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L7
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/actions-ajax.php#L87
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.1/includes/functions.php#L39
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hd-quiz/tags/2.2.2/includes/functions.php#L40
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-13422(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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