AnyComment <= 0.2.17 — Race Condition
CVE-2022-0279Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <0.2.18Update to 0.2.18 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
AnyComment anycomment
- Affected< 0.2.18
- Patched in0.2.18
Update to 0.2.18 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 0.2.18. Version 0.2.18 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under AnyComment.
- 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 0.2.18, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch AnyComment to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Brandon James Roldan (tomorrowisnew).
The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.2.18 is affected by a race condition when liking/disliking a comment/reply, which could allow any authenticated user to quickly raise their rating or lower the rating of other users
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'email' Parameter ≤0.3.6No patch available | CVE-2026-103422 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤0.3.6No patch available | CVE-2025-62874 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤0.3.6No patch available | CVE-2025-48091 | |
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion ≤0.3.6No patch available | CVE-2025-60240 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ≤1.9.2No patch available | CVE-2023-33999 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'email' Parameter
≤0.3.6No patch available
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤0.3.6No patch available
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤0.3.6No patch available
- High8.1Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
≤0.3.6No patch available
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
≤1.9.2No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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