5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
18.0%
The WordPress plugin
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:kk_star_ratings_project:kk_star_ratings";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124484");
script_version("2023-12-06T05:06:11+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-12-06 05:06:11 +0000 (Wed, 06 Dec 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-11-29 10:05:46 +0000 (Wed, 29 Nov 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-12-01 19:53:00 +0000 (Fri, 01 Dec 2023)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4642");
script_name("WordPress kk Star Ratings Plugin < 5.4.6 Race Condition Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/kk-star-ratings/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'kk Star Ratings' is prone to a race
condition vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin does not implement atomic operations, allowing one
user vote multiple times on a poll due to a Race Condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress kk Star Ratings plugin prior to version 5.4.6.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.4.6 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f481d34-6feb-4af2-914c-1f3288f69207");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "5.4.6" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.4.6", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
18.0%