CVE-2023-36528

kk Star Ratings <= 5.4.3 - IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

5.4.4

Patched in

190d

Time to patch

Description

The kk Star Ratings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.4.3. This is due to the plugin prioritizing obtaining a visitor's IP address from a spoofable HTTP header over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR. Attackers can supply a header with with a different IP Address that can be used to bypass the 'Unique votes (based on IP Address)' setting.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.4.3

PublishedJuly 17, 2023

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginkk-star-ratings

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c4fcaa5-357a-4b70-8653-3874a234f07d?source=api-prod

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