Is CVE-2022-2198 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-2198 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-2198?

CVE-2022-2198 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-2198?

CVE-2022-2198 has an EPSS score of 0.61% (45th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2198?

Upgrade wpqa builder to 5.7 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-2198

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

How to fix

Remediation Available

wpqa builderNVD

Affected:< 5.7Fixed in:5.7CVE-2022-2198derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.61%probability of exploitation in 30 days

45thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 45% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-
CVE-2024-46982	High	7.5	61%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-45428	Critical	9.8	57%	-	-
CVE-2019-17382	Critical	9.1	54%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-13360	Critical	9.8	24%	-	-
CVE-2023-48783	Medium	5.4	22%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.