FKIE_CVE-2022-3343

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-09 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:59
Severity
3.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e507b1b5-1a56-4b2f-b7e7-e22f6da1e32aExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e507b1b5-1a56-4b2f-b7e7-e22f6da1e32aExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
2code wpqa_builder *
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