# CVE-2022-3343: WPQA < 5.9.3 - Missing validation lead to functionality abuse

> Attackers can inflate user scores by exploiting missing validation in the WPQA Builder plugin's follow functionality.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v24x-rp9v-pm6r

## What is CVE-2022-3343?

CVE-2022-3343 is a low-severity vulnerability in Unknown Discy, published on 9 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.3 (which is a companion plugin used with Discy and Himer Discy WordPress themes) incorrectly tries to validate that a user already follows another in the wpqa_following_you_ajax action, allowing a user to inflate their score on the site by having another user send repeated follow actions to them.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3343?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 2code Wpqa Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3343?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3343 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3343 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3343 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Discy

- [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-2022-3343 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3343 is a low-severity vulnerability in Unknown Discy, published on 9 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3343 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Discy. 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-2022-3343/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3343/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3343
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3343
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3343

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3343/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.