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GHSA-V24X-RP9V-PM6R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-10 00:30 – Updated: 2023-01-13 09:30

Details

The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.3 (which is a companion plugin used with Discy and Himer 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.

Severity ?

3.5 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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    "severity": "LOW"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-v24x-rp9v-pm6r",
  "modified": "2023-01-13T09:30:26Z",
  "published": "2023-01-10T00:30:26Z",
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CVE-2022-3343 (GCVE-0-2022-3343)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-09 22:13 – Updated: 2025-04-09 19:21

Summary

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.

Severity ?

3.5 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

Tags

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e507b1b5-1a56-4b…

exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Unknown

WPQA Builder

Affected: 0 , < 5.9.3 (custom)

	Unknown	Discy	Affected: 0 , < 5.5.3 (custom)
	Unknown	Himer	Affected: 0 , < 1.9.3 (custom)

Credits

Harsh Tandel WPScan

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-V24X-RP9V-PM6R

CVE-2022-3343 (GCVE-0-2022-3343)

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