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Improper Authentication

CVE-2022-1349

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

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.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published