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FKIE_CVE-2022-1186

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-04-19 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:21

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

The WordPress plugin Be POPIA Compliant exposed sensitive information to unauthenticated users consisting of site visitors emails and usernames via an API route, in versions up to an including 1.1.5.

References

URL	Tags
security@wordfence.com	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2701343%40be-popia-compliant&new=2701343%40be-popia-compliant&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
security@wordfence.com	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0fcdd6b5-a273-4916-a894-a753be0a7921?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2701343%40be-popia-compliant&new=2701343%40be-popia-compliant&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0fcdd6b5-a273-4916-a894-a753be0a7921?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	web-x	be_popia_compliant	*

JSON

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CVE-2022-1186 (GCVE-0-2022-1186)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-19 20:26 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:35

Title

Be POPIA Compliant <= 1.1.5 - Sensitive Information Exposure

Summary

The WordPress plugin Be POPIA Compliant exposed sensitive information to unauthenticated users consisting of site visitors emails and usernames via an API route, in versions up to an including 1.1.5.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:15 UTC

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-noinfo Not enough information

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
bepopiacompliant	Be POPIA Compliant	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.5 (semver)

Credits

Chris Meistre

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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