# CVE-2022-1425: WPQA < 5.2 - Subscriber+ Private Message Disclosure via IDOR

> Authenticated users can read private messages of other users due to missing ownership validation in the WPQA Builder Plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r5pq-3cxr-5rmc

## What is CVE-2022-1425?

CVE-2022-1425 is a medium-severity 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1425?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 2code Wpqa Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1425?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1425 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1425 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WPQA Builder Plugin

- [CVE-2024-2376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2376/): WPQA < 6.1.1 - Arbitrary Category and Tag Follow/Unfollow via CSRF (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-3688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3688/): WPQA < 5.9 - Follow/Unfollow via CSRF (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-1597](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1597/): WPQA < 5.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-2375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2375/): WPQA < 6.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2022-1051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1051/): WPQA < 5.2 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile fields (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1425 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1425 is a medium-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown WPQA Builder Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1425/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1425/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1425
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1425
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1425

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1425/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.