vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: rating-bws: CVE-2021-25121: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 24, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 24, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
Description
The Rating by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin through 1.5 does not validate the submitted rating, allowing submission of long integer, causing a Denial of Service on the post/page when a user submit such rating
Solution
rating-bws-plugin-cve-2021-25121
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25121
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3511a3d3-1e6e-41ba-a8b9-67f8f7eef157?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-12033
- CVE-2021-25121
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-25121
- CWE-191
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-12033
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