WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WPQA < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure
Description
The plugin which is a companion to the Discy and Himer themes, lacks authentication in a REST API endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to discover private questions sent between users on the site.
Proof of Concept
Visit /wp-json/wp/v2/asked-question or /wp-json/wp/v2/asked-question/<iD> (where ID is numeric and can be bruteforced!)
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 5.5 References
CVE
Classification
Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Veshraj Ghimire
Submitter
Veshraj Ghimire
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-05-16 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-05-16 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-05-17 (about 2 years ago)
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