Subscriber-accessible system disclosure via unchecked AJAX actions
Published Dec 19, 2022 · Updated Apr 17, 2025
Missing authorization in Directorist before 7.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive WordPress system information. The admin-ajax handlers for send_system_info and generate_url accept low-privileged requests without an adequate capability check, and generate_url returns the secret report URL. A Subscriber account is sufficient; the reported impact is limited to disclosure, with no data modification or service interruption identified.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Directorist before 7.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive WordPress system information. The admin-ajax handlers for send_system_info and generate_url accept low-privileged requests without an adequate capability check, and generate_url returns the secret report URL. A Subscriber account is sufficient; the reported impact is limited to disclosure, with no data modification or service interruption identified.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3961
- Published
- Dec 19, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Vendor
- wpWax
- Product
- Directorist
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 19, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <7.4.4
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Public exploit references
- WPScan authenticated AJAX proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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