WordPress WPQA <5.5 - Improper Access Control

mediumseverity

5.3CVSS score

5.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

93%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress WPQA plugin before 5.5 is susceptible to improper access control. The plugin lacks authentication in a REST API endpoint. An attacker can potentially discover private questions sent between users on the site.

Impact

This vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially leading to data breaches or unauthorized actions.

Fix

Update the WPQA plugin to version 5.5 or later to fix the improper access control issue.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-json/wp/v2/asked-question
Positive when: contains "\"id\":" and "\"rendered\":" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-1598 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-1598

info:
  name: WordPress WPQA <5.5 - Improper Access Control
  author: veshraj
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress WPQA plugin before 5.5 is susceptible to improper access control. The plugin lacks authentication in a REST API endpoint. An attacker can potentially discover private questions sent between users on the site.
  impact: |
    This vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially leading to data breaches or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Update the WPQA plugin to version 5.5 or later to fix the improper access control issue.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0416ae2f-5670-4080-a88d-3484bb19d8c8
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1598
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1598
    - https://github.com/20142995/Goby
    - https://github.com/WhooAmii/POC_to_review
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2022-1598
    cwe-id: CWE-306
    epss-score: 0.05383
    epss-percentile: 0.92732
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:2code:wpqa_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: 2code
    product: wpqa_builder
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:/wp-content/plugins/wpqa
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpqa,idor,wpscan,2code,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-json/wp/v2/asked-question'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"id":'
          - '"rendered":'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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