RCE in Lesterchan Wp-Postratings
CVE-2011-4646
SQL injection vulnerability in wp-postratings.php in the WP-PostRatings plugin 1.50, 1.61, and probably other versions before 1.62 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users with the Author role to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id attribute of the ratings shortcode when creating a post. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Lesterchan Wp-Postratings — versions 1.50, 1.61
- WordPress
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/430970/wp-postratings/trunk/wp-postratings… (Exploit, Patch)
- wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/changelog/
- secunia.com/advisories/46328 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/49986 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-4646?
- CVE-2011-4646 is a vulnerability in Lesterchan Wp-Postratings, classified under Code Injection. Published 2011-11-30.
- Is CVE-2011-4646 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.