Unauthenticated rating tampering via concurrent vote submissions
Published Nov 27, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Race condition in kk Star Ratings before 5.4.6 allows remote attackers to alter poll ratings through concurrent vote submissions. The vote-submission path processes concurrent copies of the same request without an atomic guard, so the poll total records more than one vote. No authentication is required when guest voting is enabled; exploitation changes rating totals but does not disclose data or interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in kk Star Ratings before 5.4.6 allows remote attackers to alter poll ratings through concurrent vote submissions. The vote-submission path processes concurrent copies of the same request without an atomic guard, so the poll total records more than one vote. No authentication is required when guest voting is enabled; exploitation changes rating totals but does not disclose data or interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-4642
- Published
- Nov 27, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- ProfilePress Membership Team
- Product
- kk Star Ratings
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.4.6
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan concurrent vote proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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