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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12309
CVE-2024-12309:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP for WordPress contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability (CVE-2024-12309) affecting all versions up to and including 4.2.4. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 13, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the getpoststatus() function due to missing validation on a user-controlled key. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The weakness is classified as CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to vote on unpublished scheduled posts, potentially compromising the integrity of the post rating system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update to a version newer than 4.2.4 (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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