Description

WordPress Plugin Reviews Plus is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to cause the affected website to consume memory and CPU resources, thus denying service to legitimate users. WordPress Plugin Reviews Plus version 1.2.13 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.2.14 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:79BB5ACB-EA56-41A9-83A1-28A181AE41E2

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2618234

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Denial Of Service CWE-400 CVE-2021-24894