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The Stars Rating WordPress plugin before 3.5.1 does not...

High severity Unreviewed Published Jan 4, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The Stars Rating WordPress plugin before 3.5.1 does not validate the submitted rating, allowing submission of long integer, causing a Denial of Service in the comments section, or pending comment dashboard depending if the user sent it as unauthenticated or authenticated.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 3, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 4, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-24893

GHSA ID

GHSA-pf4x-fwwq-h7vv

Source code

No known source code

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