Like Button Rating <= 2.5.3 — Arbitrary Settings Change
227886e8-99d9-49b3-a1a8-b06b02d331bcPublished · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.5.3Update to 2.5.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn likebtn-like-button
- Affected≤ 2.5.3
- Patched in2.5.4
Update to 2.5.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.5.3. Version 2.5.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.5.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Tom Adams.
The Like Button Rating plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check in the 'init' action in versions up to, and including, 2.5.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the vulnerable site's settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.7 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Client-IP' Header ≤2.6.64Update to 2.6.65 | CVE-2026-116552 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤2.6.61Update to 2.6.62 | CVE-2026-78285 | |
| Medium6.1 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤2.6.53Update to 2.6.54 | CVE-2024-44064 | |
| Medium5.0 | Arbitrary e-mail Sending ≤2.6.44Update to 2.6.45 | CVE-2022-0745 | |
| Medium6.5 | Unauthorised Vote Export to Email & IP Addresses Disclosure ≤2.6.37Update to 2.6.38 | CVE-2021-24945 |
- Medium4.7Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Client-IP' Header
≤2.6.64Update to 2.6.65
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤2.6.61Update to 2.6.62
- Medium6.1Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤2.6.53Update to 2.6.54
- Medium5.0Arbitrary e-mail Sending
≤2.6.44Update to 2.6.45
- Medium6.5Unauthorised Vote Export to Email & IP Addresses Disclosure
≤2.6.37Update to 2.6.38
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.