Description

The Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.4 via the get_post_status() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to vote on unpublished scheduled posts.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-12309

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.3

Affected Products

Vendor: collizo4sky

Product: Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 19.29% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9aa467f-9ac2-4a84-b0bb-761101733af7?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3206801/rate-my-post/trunk/public/class-rate-my-post-public.php

Timeline