Yet Another Stars Rating <= 3.3.8 - Missing Authorization to Vote Tampering

2023-07-10 00:00

Abdi Pranata

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.3.9

Affected PluginYASR – Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress

Affected Version<= 3.3.8

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-37867

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Vulnerability Overview

The Yet Another Stars Rating plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to vote tampering in versions up to, and including, 3.3.8. This vulnerability can be utilized by unauthenticated users to vote repeatedly.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.3.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37867 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2294251f-ef51-4ef7-ad7a-905cc2bc00b3

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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