CVE-2022-0837 Amelia < 1.0.48 - Customer+ SMS Service Abuse and Sensitive Data Disclosure

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Unauthenticated users can abuse SMS services to drain account balances and access sensitive admin data in the Amelia WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-0837?

CVE-2022-0837 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Amelia, published on 4 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Amelia WordPress plugin before 1.0.48 does not have proper authorisation when handling Amelia SMS service, allowing any customer to send paid test SMS notification as well as retrieve sensitive information about the admin, such as the email, account balance and payment history. A malicious actor can abuse this vulnerability to drain out the account balance by keep sending SMS notification.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0837?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tms-Outsource Amelia.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0837?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0837 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-2022-0837 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0837 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q554-r63m-vh57.

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