CVE-2023-4642

kk Star Ratings <= 5.4.5 - Race Condition to Multiple User Voting

mediumConcurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

5.4.6

Patched in

78d

Time to patch

Description

The kk Star Ratings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a race condition in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.5. This is due to insufficient controls and checks on a user voting. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to provides ratings more than a single time.

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<=5.4.5

PublishedNovember 6, 2023

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginkk-star-ratings

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/003694f8-23be-4c94-899d-76b9b8488202?source=api-prod

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