/CVE-2022-1598

WPQA < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure

CVE-2022-1598

WPQA < 5.5 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure

Description

The plugin which is a companion to the Discy and Himer themes, lacks authentication in a REST API endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to discover private questions sent between users on the site.

Affected Plugins:

WPQA < 5.5

Affected Themes:

DISCY

HIMER

Proof of Concept

Visit /wp-json/wp/v2/asked-question

or /wp-json/wp/v2/asked-question/<iD> (where ID is numeric and can be bruteforced!)

Nuclei Template:

CVE-2022-1598.yaml

VIDEO POC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbhiQKWvivQ

References:

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0416ae2f-5670-4080-a88d-3484bb19d8c8

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1598