Helpful <= 4.5.25 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CVE CVE-2022-2834
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published September 26, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Aleksi Kistauri
Description

The Helpful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 4.5.25. Specifically, feedback and logs are stored in predictable locations with guessable file names. This could allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive user data.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug helpful (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.5.25
Patched Version
  • 4.5.26
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