Easy Student Results <= 2.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Disclosure

2022-07-19 00:00

Raad Haddad

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginEasy Student Results

Affected Version<= 2.2.8

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2022-2379

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Vulnerability Overview

The Easy Student Results plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several REST-API endpoints in versions up to, and including, 2.2.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive information about courses and students from the database.

Technical Analysis

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. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2379 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1efe450-d081-421e-95c3-f2d79c328a33

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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