CVE-2022-1251 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.4 does not perform nonce checks when processing POST requests to the Edit Profile page, allowing an attacker to trick a user to change their profile information by sending a crafted request.

Published: 2022-08-22

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

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

Unknown

Ask me

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.8.4`	affected	< 6.8.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:inkthemes:ask_me:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24584	The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.4 does not perform nonce checks when processing POST requests to the Edit Profile page, allowing an attacker to trick a user to change their profile information by sending a crafted request.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/34b3fc35-381a-4bd7-87e3-f1ef0a15a349

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Inkthemes Ask Me

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-08-22T14:57:20.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:55:24.600Z

Reserved: 2022-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1251

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-22T15:15:13.837

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:22:05.577

Link: CVE-2022-1251

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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