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WordPress Plugin: kk-star-ratings: CVE-2023-4642: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Nov 6, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The kk Star Ratings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a race condition in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.5. This is due to insufficient controls and checks on a user voting. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to provides ratings more than a single time.

Solution

kk-star-ratings-plugin-cve-2023-4642

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4642
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/003694f8-23be-4c94-899d-76b9b8488202?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-54494
CVE-2023-4642
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-4642
CWE-362
EUVD-EUVD-2023-54494

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