CVE-2022-1186

Be POPIA Compliant <= 1.1.5 - Sensitive Information Exposure

2022-03-30 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.1.16
Affected Plugin: Be POPIA Compliant
Affected Version: <= 1.1.5
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2022-1186

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At a glance

CVE-2022-1186 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Be POPIA Compliant WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.5. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.1.16; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2022, reported by Chris Meistre.

Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress plugin Be POPIA Compliant exposed sensitive information to unauthenticated users consisting of site visitors emails and usernames via an API route, in versions up to an including 1.1.5.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Be POPIA Compliant <= 1.1.5 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Be POPIA Compliant the fix is 1.1.16: builds <= 1.1.5 are affected, anything from 1.1.16 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.1.16, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Be POPIA Compliant 1.1.16 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1186 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0fcdd6b5-a273-4916-a894-a753be0a7921 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1186

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6.5CVE-2022-47445: Be POPIA Compliant <= 1.2.0 SQL InjectionCVE-2022-47445

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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