WPQA — Builder forms Addon For WordPress < 5.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Private Message Disclosure
CVE-2022-1425Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <5.2Update to 5.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress wpqa
- Affected< 5.2
- Patched in5.2
Update to 5.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 5.2. Version 5.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 5.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Veshraj Ghimire.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 10| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Builder forms Addon For WordPress plugin <= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.1.0Update to 6.1.1 | CVE-2024-2375 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤6.1.0Update to 6.1.1 | CVE-2024-2376 | |
| Medium4.3 | Builder forms Addon For WordPress (<= 5.9.2), Himer (<= 1.9.3) and Discy (<= 5.5.3) - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤5.9.2Update to 5.9.3 | CVE-2022-3343 | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery <5.9Update to 5.9 | CVE-2022-3688 | |
| Medium6.5 | Builder forms Addon For WordPress < 5.7 - Information Disclosure <5.7Update to 5.7 | CVE-2022-2198 |
- Medium6.4Builder forms Addon For WordPress plugin <= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.1.0Update to 6.1.1
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤6.1.0Update to 6.1.1
- Medium4.3Builder forms Addon For WordPress (<= 5.9.2), Himer (<= 1.9.3) and Discy (<= 5.5.3) - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤5.9.2Update to 5.9.3
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
<5.9Update to 5.9
- Medium6.5Builder forms Addon For WordPress < 5.7 - Information Disclosure
<5.7Update to 5.7
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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