Name: CVE-2021-24893: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-01-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-24893, CWE-400, CWE-20, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00634

The Stars Rating WordPress plugin before 3.5.1 does not validate the submitted rating, allowing submission of long integer, causing a Denial of Service in the comments section, or pending comment dashboard depending if the user sent it as unauthenticated or authenticated.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Stars Rating Plugin	—	Update stars-rating plugin to version 3.5.1, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Dec 6, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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