WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress < 5.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Private Message Disclosure

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2022-1425
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published April 21, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Veshraj Ghimire
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpqa (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.2
Patched Version
  • 5.2
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