CVE-2022-1349 WPQA < 5.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Profile Picture Deletion via IDOR

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Subscribers can delete other users' profile pictures due to missing ownership validation in the WPQA Builder 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-2022-1349?

CVE-2022-1349 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown WPQA Builder Plugin, published on 16 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WPQA Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 5.2, used as a companion plugin for the Discy and Himer , does not validate that the value passed to the image_id parameter of the ajax action wpqa_remove_image belongs to the requesting user, allowing any users (with privileges as low as Subscriber) to delete the profile pictures of any other user.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1349?

It affects 1 product.

Products include 2code Wpqa Builder.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1349?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1349 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-2022-1349 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mfhm-pr46-c4c3.

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