Description

WordPress Plugin Comments Like Dislike is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently add unlimited like/dislike to any comment. WordPress Plugin Comments Like Dislike version 1.1.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.1.4 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:AAE7A889-195C-45A3-BBE4-E6D4CD2D7FD9

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/comments-like-dislike/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24379 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass