PHPFreeChat Plugin on WordPress server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability has been found in PHPFreeChat Plugin on WordPress and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in server-side request forgery. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-40700. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in PHPFreeChat Plugin on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Montonio Montonio for WooCommerce, Wpopal Wpopal Core Features, AMO for WP – Membership Management ArcStone wp-amo, Long Watch Studio WooVirtualWallet – A virtual wallet for WooCommerce, Long Watch Studio WooVIP – Membership plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce, Long Watch Studio WooSupply – Suppliers, Supply Orders and Stock Management, Squidesma Theme Minifier, Paul Clark Styles styles, Designmodo Inc. WordPress Page Builder – Qards, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) PHPFreeChat, Arun Basil Lal Custom Login Admin Front-end CSS, Team Agence-Press CSS Adder By Agence-Press, Unihost Confirm Data, deano1987 AMP Toolbox amp-toolbox, Arun Basil Lal Admin CSS MU.This issue affects Montonio for WooCommerce: from n/a through 6.0.1; Wpopal Core Features: from n/a through 1.5.8; ArcStone: from n/a through 4.6.6; WooVirtualWallet – A virtual wallet for WooCommerce: from n/a through 2.2.1; WooVIP – Membership plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.4.4; WooSupply – Suppliers, Supply Orders and Stock Management: from n/a through 1.2.2; Theme Minifier: from n/a through 2.0; Styles: from n/a through 1.2.3; WordPress Page Builder – Qards: from n/a through 1.0.5; PHPFreeChat: from n/a through 0.2.8; Custom Login Admin Front-end CSS: from n/a through 1.4.1; CSS Adder By Agence-Press: from n/a through 1.5.0; Confirm Data: from n/a through 1.0.7; AMP Toolbox: from n/a through 2.1.1; Admin CSS MU: from n/a through 2.6.

The weakness was presented 01/19/2024 by Dave Jong. It is possible to read the advisory at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-40700 since 09/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/15/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• PHPFreeChat Plugin

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