CVE-2023-4642

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

2023-11-06 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 5.4.6
Affected Plugin: kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks
Affected Version: <= 5.4.5
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE: CVE-2023-4642

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At a glance

CVE-2023-4642 is a medium-severity Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability in the kk Star Ratings WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.4.5. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.4.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2023, reported by Mohammad Reza Omrani.

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Remediation

Update to version 5.4.6, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: kk Star Ratings 5.4.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4642 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/003694f8-23be-4c94-899d-76b9b8488202 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4642

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Other vulnerabilities in kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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