CVE-2022-27849

Simple Ajax Chat Plugin <= 20220115 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2022-04-15 10:14

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 20220216
Affected Plugin: Simple Ajax Chat – Add a Fast, Secure Chat Box
Affected Version: <= 20220115
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2022-27849

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At a glance

CVE-2022-27849 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Simple Ajax Chat WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 20220115. 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 20220216; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2022, reported by R3N0.

Vulnerability Overview

Sensitive Information Disclosure (sac-export.csv) in Simple Ajax Chat (WordPress plugin) <= 20220115

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 Simple Ajax Chat <= 20220115 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 Simple Ajax Chat the fix is 20220216: builds <= 20220115 are affected, anything from 20220216 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 20220216, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Simple Ajax Chat 20220216 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27849 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/14b6f5b6-66ab-4c47-853e-7551fad39478 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27849

Related records

Same weakness class

5.3CVE-2026-3075: Simple Ajax Chat <= 20251121 Information ExposureCVE-2026-3075

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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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