CVE-2022-36422

WP-PostRatings plugin <= 1.89 - Rating increase/decrease via race condition

Severity Score

3.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Rating increase/decrease via race condition in Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan WP-PostRatings plugin <= 1.89 at WordPress.

Un aumento/disminución de la calificación por medio de una condición de carrera en el plugin WP-PostRatings de Lester "GaMerZ" Chan versiones anteriores a 1.89 incluyéndola, en WordPress

The WP-PostRatings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Race Condition in versions up to, and including, 1.89. This can lead to unpredictable post rating changes when certain conditions are met.

*Credits: Vulnerability discovered by Nguy Minh Tuan (Patchstack Alliance)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-08-09 CVE Reserved
2022-08-31 CVE Published
2024-03-23 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-postratings/wordpress-wp-postratings-plugin-1-89-rating-increase-decrease-via-race-condition-vulnerability/_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-postratings/#developers	Product

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wp-postratings Project Search vendor "Wp-postratings Project"		Wp-postratings Search vendor "Wp-postratings Project" for product "Wp-postratings"				<= 1.89 Search vendor "Wp-postratings Project" for product "Wp-postratings" and version " <= 1.89"		wordpress		Affected