Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Group Reviews <= 2.8.3 - Unauthorized AJAX Actions due to Nonce Bypass

2022-06-16 00:00

Marco Wotschka

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.8.4

Affected PluginWbcom Designs – BuddyPress Group Reviews

Affected Version<= 2.8.3

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2022-2108

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Vulnerability Overview

The plugin Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Group Reviews for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized settings changes and review modification due to missing capability checks and improper nonce checks in several functions related to said actions in versions up to, and including, 2.8.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify reviews and plugin settings on the affected site.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.8.4, or a newer patched version --- 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-2022-2108 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/397dabc3-5dcf-4d1f-9e24-28af889cb76f

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

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

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