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CVE-2021-24893

Stars Rating < 3.5.1 - Comments Denial of Service

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 3, 2022 at 12:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStars Rating

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Stars Rating· Stars Rating Projectwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 3.5.1
Affected range stops below 3.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05d3af69-20b4-499a-8322-2b53674d6a58

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-20

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