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Dw Question Answer Vulnerabilities

2 known security issues reported for the Dw Question Answer WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Jun 21, 2021.

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DW Question & Answer <= 1.5.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass

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The DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_answer() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update answers to questions via a forged reques...

CVSS:
4.3
Affected:
up to 1.5.8
Fix:
No patched version reported
Disclosed:
Jun 21, 2021

CVE-2021-4408 on NVD →

DW Question & Answer < 1.4.2.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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The DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘dwqa_anonymous_name’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.4.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 1.4.2.3
Fixed in:
1.4.2.3
Disclosed:
Nov 3, 2016

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