CVE-2022-36422

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

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
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 Release Notes
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 Release Notes

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wp-postratings_project:wp-postratings:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-09-09 15:15

Updated : 2025-02-20 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-36422

Mitre link : CVE-2022-36422

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-36422

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wp-postratings_project

wp-postratings

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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