WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress < 5.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Profile Picture Deletion

2022-04-21 00:00

Binit Ghimire

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.2

Affected PluginWPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress

Affected Version< 5.2

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-1349

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Vulnerability Overview

The WPQA Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 5.2, used as a companion plugin for the Discy and Himer , does not validate that the value passed to the image_id parameter of the ajax action wpqa_remove_image belongs to the requesting user, allowing any users (with privileges as low as Subscriber) to delete the profile pictures of any other user.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1349 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df0dcdf4-fcb1-4832-b39b-4ec3ee980506

CVSS Vector

6.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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