WordPress Yet Another Stars Rating Plugin <= 3.3.8 is vulnerable to Race Condition
CVE-2023-37867

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
YASR – Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-37867?

The Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress is affected by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit the time gap between verifying a required condition and subsequently using the result, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data manipulation. This impacts all versions from n/a up to 3.3.8, posing security risks for WordPress sites utilizing this plugin.

Affected Version(s)

YASR – Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress <= 3.3.8

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/yet-another...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Abdi Pranata (Patchstack Alliance)
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