WPQA — Builder forms Addon For WordPress (<= 5.9.2), Himer (<= 1.9.3) and Discy (<= 5.5.3) - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
CVE-2022-3343Published · Updated Action summary
WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress: Affected: ≤5.9.2Update to 5.9.3 or newer
Himer - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme: Affected: ≤1.9.3No patch available
Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme: Affected: ≤5.5.3No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress wpqa
- Affected≤ 5.9.2
- Patched in5.9.3
Update to 5.9.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.9.2. Version 5.9.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
Himer - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme himer
- Affected≤ 1.9.3
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.9.3. No fixed version has been released.
Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme discy
- Affected≤ 5.5.3
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.5.3. No fixed version has been released.
- 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.
What to do
- Update to version 5.9.3, or a newer patched version
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- 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 Harsh Tandel.
The WPQA - Builder forms Addon For WordPress plugin is vulnerable to insecure direct object reference in versions up to, and including, 5.9.2 along with the Himer (<= 1.9.3) and Discy (<= 5.5.3) WordPress themes. This is due to insufficient validation of user follows on the wpqa_following_you_ajax action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level capabilities and above to inflate follower counts of others by sending repeat follow requests.
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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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Medium5.3 | Builder forms Addon For WordPress <= 5.4 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure ≤5.4Update to 5.5 | CVE-2022-1598 |
- 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
- 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
- Medium5.3Builder forms Addon For WordPress <= 5.4 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure
≤5.4Update to 5.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
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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- CVSS / CWE
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