CVE-2021-24379 (GCVE-0-2021-24379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-21 19:18 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI?
Title
Comments Like Dislike < 1.1.4 - Add Like/Dislike Bypass
Summary
The Comments Like Dislike WordPress plugin before 1.1.4 allows users to like/dislike posted comments, however does not prevent them from replaying the AJAX request to add a like. This allows any user (even unauthenticated) to add unlimited like/dislike to any comment. The plugin appears to have some Restriction modes, such as Cookie Restriction, IP Restrictions, Logged In User Restriction, however, they do not prevent such attack as they only check client side
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Comments Like Dislike Affected: 1.1.4 , < 1.1.4 (custom)
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Credits
Phu Tran from techlabcorp.com
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