CVE-2022-3343

Summary

The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9.3 (which is a companion plugin used with Discy and Himer Discy WordPress themes) incorrectly tries to validate that a user already follows another in the wpqa_following_you_ajax action, allowing a user to inflate their score on the site by having another user send repeated follow actions to them.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
UnknownWPQA Builder0 < 5.9.3affected
UnknownDiscy0 < 5.5.3affected
UnknownHimer0 < 1.9.3affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References