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)
EPSS: 0.016 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Stars_rating_project Stars_rating
- Unknown Stars Rating — versions 3.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.