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CVE-2022-1349: WPQA < 5.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Profile Picture Deletion via IDOR

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The WPQA Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 5.2, used as a companion plugin for the Discy and Himer , does not validate that the value passed to the image_id parameter of the ajax action wpqa_remove_image belongs to the requesting user, allowing any users (with privileges as low as Subscriber) to delete the profile pictures of any other user.

Affected products

• WPQA Builder: before 5.2 — fixed in 5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WPQA Builder 5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7ee95a53-5fe9-404c-a77a-d1218265e4aa
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7ee95a53-5fe9-404c-a77a-d1218265e4aa

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