WPQA < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure
CVE-2022-1598

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WPqa Builder
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 June 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.5 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.

Affected Version(s)

WPQA Builder 0 < 5.5

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-1598
Created by V35HR4J

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0416ae2f-5670-4080-a88d-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Veshraj Ghimire
WPScan
.