WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress (<= 5.9.2), Himer (<= 1.9.3) and Discy (<= 5.5.3) - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2022-3343
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published December 13, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Harsh Tandel
Description

The WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress plugin is vulnerable to insecure direct object reference in versions up to, and including, 5.9.2 along with the Himer (<= 1.9.3) and Discy (<= 5.5.3) WordPress themes. This is due to insufficient validation of user follows on the wpqa_following_you_ajax action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level capabilities and above to inflate follower counts of others by sending repeat follow requests.

References

3 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug himer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.3
Patched Version
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpqa (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.9.2
Patched Version
  • 5.9.3
Software Type Theme
Software Slug discy (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.3
Patched Version
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