Rate my Post – WP Rating System <= 3.4.2 - IP Address Spoofing

2023-12-27 00:00

Brandon James Roldan (tomorrowisnew)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.4.3

Affected PluginRate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP

Affected Version<= 3.4.2

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-51667

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Vulnerability Overview

The Rate my Post – WP Rating System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.2 due to insufficient IP address validation and use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to vote on posts multiple times.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.4.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-291 (Reliance on IP Address for Authentication) The product uses an IP address for authentication.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51667 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d24aa7e-bbf1-4a54-b53b-7a37e613e0e6

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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