CVE-2022-43492 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability in Comments – wpDiscuz plugin 7.4.2 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-11-18

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

gVectors Team

Comments – wpDiscuz (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.4.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 7.5 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-46490	Auth. (subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability in Comments – wpDiscuz plugin 7.4.2 on WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0044.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpdiscuz/wordpress-comments-wpdiscuz-plugin-7-4-2-insecure-direct-object-references-idor-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gvectors Wpdiscuz

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-18T22:08:14.066Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:50.910Z

Reserved: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43492

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:32:59.498Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-18T23:15:28.550

Modified: 2025-02-20T20:15:43.190

Link: CVE-2022-43492

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-639

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