Comments Like Dislike <= 1.1.2 - Add Like/Dislike Bypass

Incorrect Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-24379
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published June 7, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Phu Tran
Description

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

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug comments-like-dislike (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1.4
Patched Version
  • 1.1.4
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