kk Star Ratings <= 5.4.3 - IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2023-36528
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	July 17, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Description

The kk Star Ratings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.4.3. This is due to the plugin prioritizing obtaining a visitor's IP address from a spoofable HTTP header over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR. Attackers can supply a header with with a different IP Address that can be used to bypass the 'Unique votes (based on IP Address)' setting.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	kk-star-ratings (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 5.4.3
Patched Version	5.4.4

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