Which Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme versions are affected?

The primary affected range is Versions before 5.2.

How should operators remediate CVE-2022-1422?

Update to 5.2 or newer where that release is compatible with the site.

Vulnerability Report

Theme High Patch path listed CVE-2022-1422

Discy <= 5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Reset

Q: What is CVE-2022-1422?

CVE-2022-1422 is tracked as a Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Theme Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme.

The Discy WordPress theme before 5.2 does not check for CSRF tokens in the AJAX action discy_reset_options, allowing an attacker to trick an admin into resetting the site settings back to defaults.

Quick Answer

CVE-2022-1422 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Theme Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme. It affects Versions before 5.2 and is fixed in 5.2.

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Published

May 16, 2022

Last Updated

Jan 22, 2024

Slug

discy

Risk Profile

8.8 CVSS Score

Weakness

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Researchers

Bikram Kharal (themarkib)

Operational Summary

What the operator needs to know

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Patch Status

Patched release is available

Remediation

Update to version 5.2, or a newer patched version

Operator Briefing

CVE-2022-1422 is tracked for the Theme Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions before 5.2. Update Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme to 5.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.

Issue Type

Cross-Site Request Forgery

Primary Fixed Version

5.2

Primary Affected Range

Versions before 5.2

Tracking ID

CVE-2022-1422

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3f821d6-6a4e-4e3b-98e1-e38a34d5c8f9?source=api-prod

Detailed Metadata

Software Type	Theme
Software Slug	discy View on wordpress.org
CVE	CVE-2022-1422
Patched Versions	5.2
Affected Versions	Versions before 5.2

Related CVE Cluster

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High CVE-2022-1421 5.2 May 16, 2022

CVE-2022-1421 Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme Cross-Site Request Forgery

Discy <= 5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Medium CVE-2022-1323 5.0 Jul 12, 2022

CVE-2022-1323 Discy - Social Questions and Answers WordPress Theme Authorization Bypass

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