SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-3343

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…

LOW 3.5EPSS 0.49%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
3.5 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.49% probability · 41th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
2code/wpqa builder
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.