Vulnerability · Published May 16, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-1425WPQA < 5.2 - Subscriber+ Private Message Disclosure via IDOR

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in WPQA Builder Plugin from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The WPQA Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 5.2, used as a companion plugin for the Discy and Himer , does not validate that the message_id of the wpqa_message_view ajax action belongs to the requesting user, leading to any user being able to read messages for any other users via a Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown WPQA Builder Plugin 5.2 – before 5.2

Weakness: CWE-639

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