CVE-2022-3688 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9 does not have CSRF check when following and unfollowing users, which could allow attackers to make logged in users perform such actions via CSRF attacks

Published: 2022-11-21

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WPQA Builder

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.9

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43047	The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.9 does not have CSRF check when following and unfollowing users, which could allow attackers to make logged in users perform such actions via CSRF attacks

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00286.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/03b2c6e6-b86e-4143-a84a-7a99060c4848

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

2code Wpqa Builder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T16:21:06.953Z

Reserved: 2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3688

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.351Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-21T11:15:20.620

Modified: 2025-04-29T17:15:36.000

Link: CVE-2022-3688

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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