Yet Another Stars Rating <= 3.4.3 - Missing Authorization via init

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-39305
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published November 27, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Revan Arifio

Description

The Yet Another Stars Rating plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing check on the init function in versions up to, and including, 3.4.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to vote on private or nonexistent posts.

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Vulnerability Details for YASR – Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug yet-another-stars-rating (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.4.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.3
Patched Version
  • 3.4.4

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