WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress <= 5.4 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure

2022-05-10 00:00

Veshraj Ghimire

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.5

Affected PluginWPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress

Affected Version<= 5.4

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2022-1598

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Vulnerability Overview

The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.4 which is a companion to the Discy and Himer , lacks authentication in a REST API endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to discover private questions sent between users on the site.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1598 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/048c37c2-0ace-4bf1-8cb8-554c4645be21

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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