CVE-2022-0833 Church Admin < 3.4.135 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Backup Disclosure

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can download database backups by exploiting missing authorization and CSRF checks in the Church Admin WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-0833?

CVE-2022-0833 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Church Admin, published on 28 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Church Admin WordPress plugin before 3.4.135 does not have authorisation and CSRF in some of its action as well as requested files, allowing unauthenticated attackers to repeatedly request the "refresh-backup" action, and simultaneously keep requesting a publicly accessible temporary file generated by the plugin in order to disclose the final backup filename, which can then be fetched by the attacker to download the backup of the plugin's DB data

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0833?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Church Admin Project Church Admin.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0833?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0833 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-0833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9vf6-r8jp-w3m7.

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