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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-39305
CVSS Medium (5.3)
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug yet-another-stars-rating (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.3
Patched Version
  • 3.4.4
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