CVE-2021-47962 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-47962

Savsoft Quiz 5.0 Persistent Cross-Site Scripting via User Settings

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • strider

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Savsoft Quiz
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 15th, 2026
Last Modified: May 24th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)