Workreap < 2.6.3 - Insecure Direct Objection Reference to Private Message Disclosure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.6.3
- Affected Version
< 2.6.3- CVSS
- 5.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
- CVE
CVE-2022-3846
At a glance
CVE-2022-3846 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the Workreap - Freelance Marketplace and Directory WordPress Theme WordPress theme, affecting versions < 2.6.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 2.6.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2022, reported by Veshraj Ghimire.
Vulnerability Overview
The Workreap theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, but not including, 2.6.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to read arbitrary user notifications.
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 interaction from a victim user.
CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Reaching this weakness in Workreap - Freelance Marketplace and Directory WordPress Theme < 2.6.3 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.
Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For Workreap - Freelance Marketplace and Directory WordPress Theme the fix is 2.6.3: builds < 2.6.3 are affected, anything from 2.6.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.6.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Workreap - Freelance Marketplace and Directory WordPress Theme 2.6.3 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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