CVE-2022-27849 Scanner.
WordPress Simple Ajax Chat <20220116 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability
Free and read-only. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
What This Check Does.
Read-only
It only asks your site for public pages, the way a browser would. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored.
Up to 1 request
A small, fixed number of requests, so the check is quick and will not load your site.
Looks for CVE-2022-27849
It looks for the specific sign of this one vulnerability and ends with a clear answer: vulnerable, not vulnerable, or could not be determined.
About CVE-2022-27849. What It Means.
WordPress Simple Ajax Chat before 20220216 is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure. The plugin does not properly restrict access to the exported data via the sac-export.csv file, which could allow unauthenticated users to access it.
FAQ
Common Questions.
WordPress Simple Ajax Chat <20220116 - Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability. WordPress Simple Ajax Chat before 20220216 is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure. The plugin does not properly restrict access to the exported data via the sac-export.csv file, which could allow unauthenticated users to access it.
Atlas sends up to 1 read-only request to your site and looks for the specific sign of CVE-2022-27849 in Plugin Planet Simple Ajax Chat. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored on your site.
CVE-2022-27849 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of writing, but it is still worth fixing. Its CVSS score is 7.5.
Yes. The check only reads public pages, the same way a browser or a search engine would. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
It means no sign of CVE-2022-27849 was found by this read-only check. It does not prove the site is free of other weaknesses.
Update Plugin Planet Simple Ajax Chat to the latest version from the vendor, or follow the vendor's advice to switch off the affected feature. The vendor links and details are in the CVE-2022-27849 briefing linked on this page.
Scan only sites you own or have written permission to test. A result of Not Vulnerable means this read-only check found no sign of CVE-2022-27849; it is not a guarantee that the site is secure.