Resource exhaustion in Stars Rating Project
CVE-2021-24893
The Stars Rating WordPress plugin before 3.5.1 does not validate the submitted rating, allowing submission of long integer, causing a Denial of Service in the comments section, or pending comment dashboard depending if the user sent it as unauthenticated or authenticated.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Stars Rating Project
- Stars Rating — versions 3.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/05d3af69-20b4-499a-8322-2b53674d6a58 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24893?
- CVE-2021-24893 is a high-severity vulnerability in Stars Rating Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-01-03.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24893?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24893 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.