vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wpqa: CVE-2022-2198: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Aug 1, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Aug 1, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.7 which is a companion plugin to the Hilmer and Discy , does not check authorization before displaying private messages, allowing any logged in user to read other users private message using the message id, which can easily be brute forced.
Solution
wpqa-plugin-cve-2022-2198
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