CVE-2022-3961

Directorist <= 7.4.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Disclosure

2022-11-28 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 7.4.4
Affected Plugin: Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads
Affected Version: <= 7.4.3
CVSS: 4.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2022-3961

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At a glance

CVE-2022-3961 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Directorist WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.4.3. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.4.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2022, reported by István Márton.

Vulnerability Overview

The Directorist for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 7.4.3. This can allow authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or higher, to extract sensitive system data.

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-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Directorist <= 7.4.3 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. 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 Directorist the fix is 7.4.4: builds <= 7.4.3 are affected, anything from 7.4.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.4.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Directorist 7.4.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3961 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df0b25cb-5233-412d-8704-63f037b4fcec https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3961

Related records

Same weakness class

7.5CVE-2022-2376: Directorist <= 7.3.0 Sensitive Information DisclosureCVE-2022-2376

Other vulnerabilities in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

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

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