Activity Reactions For Buddypress <= 1.0.22 - Missing Authorization
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- Activity Reactions For Buddypress
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.22- CVSS
- 5.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
- CVE
CVE-2022-45075
At a glance
CVE-2022-45075 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control vulnerability in the Activity Reactions For Buddypress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.22. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed November 2022, reported by ptsfence.
Vulnerability Overview
The Activity Reactions For Buddypress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization checks in versions up to, and including, 1.0.22 on the ai_front_smiley function. This makes it possible for subscriber-level to enable and disable reactions.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
Reaching this weakness in Activity Reactions For Buddypress <= 1.0.22 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper access control means the code decides what a caller may do using something other than their actual permissions, so the decision can be wrong without any check appearing to be missing.
Whoever can shape the request decides the answer, so the protected action runs for callers the code never meant to allow. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Activity Reactions For Buddypress yet, so installs running <= 1.0.22 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.
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External References
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