CVE-2022-3343

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.

CVSS v3 3.5 LOW

3.5^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e507b1b5-1a56-4b2f-b7e7-e22f6da1e32a	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e507b1b5-1a56-4b2f-b7e7-e22f6da1e32a	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:2code:wpqa_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-01-09 23:15

Updated : 2025-04-09 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-3343

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3343

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3343

JSON object : View

Products Affected

2code

wpqa_builder

CWE

No CWE.

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