kk Star Ratings Plugin up to 5.4.5 on WordPress Vote race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in kk Star Ratings Plugin up to 5.4.5 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Vote Handler. The manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-4642. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in kk Star Ratings Plugin up to 5.4.5 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown code of the component Vote Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The kk Star Ratings WordPress plugin before 5.4.6 does not implement atomic operations, allowing one user vote multiple times on a poll due to a Race Condition.

The weakness was published 11/27/2023 by Mohammad Reza Omrani. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-4642 since 08/30/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.4.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Upgrade: kk Star Ratings Plugin 5.4.6

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08/30/2023 🔍
11/27/2023 +89 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Mohammad Reza Omrani
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-4642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-4642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-246180

Entryinfo

Created: 11/27/2023 17:39
Updated: 12/17/2023 08:22
Changes: 11/27/2023 17:39 (41), 12/17/2023 08:22 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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