CVE-2022-2198 (GCVE-0-2022-2198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-22 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:32
VLAI
Title
WPQA < 5.7 - Subscriber+ Private Message Disclosure via IDOR
Summary
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.7 which is a companion plugin to the Hilmer and Discy , does not check authorization before displaying private messages, allowing any logged in user to read other users private message using the message id, which can easily be brute forced.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WPQA Builder Affected: 5.7 , < 5.7 (custom)
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Credits
Bikram kharal
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