CVE-2023-4642 (GCVE-0-2023-4642)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-27 16:21 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:31
VLAI
Title
kk Star Ratings < 5.4.6 - Rating Tampering via Race Condition
Summary
The kk Star Ratings WordPress plugin before 5.4.6 does not implement atomic operations, allowing one user vote multiple times on a poll due to a Race Condition.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2018 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f481d34-6feb-4a… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown kk Star Ratings Affected: 0 , < 5.4.6 (semver)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Mohammad Reza Omrani WPScan
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