Like Button Rating <= 2.6.37 - Unauthorised Vote Export to Email & IP Addresses Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2021-24945
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published November 11, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn WordPress plugin before 2.6.38 does not have any authorisation and CSRF checks in the likebtn_export_votes AJAX action, which could allow any authenticated user, such as subscriber, to get a list of email and IP addresses of people who liked content from the blog.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug likebtn-like-button (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.37
Patched Version
  • 2.6.38
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