WordPress plugin
Rate my Post – WP Rating System <= 3.3.4 — Race Condition
CVE-2022-40310Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.3.4Update to 3.3.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP rate-my-post
- Affected≤ 3.3.4
- Patched in3.3.5
Update to 3.3.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.3.4. Version 3.3.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.3.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nguy Minh Tuan.
The Rate my Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Race Condition in versions up to, and including, 3.3.4. This can lead to unpredictable post rating changes when certain conditions are met.
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
More in Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Voting On Scheduled Posts ≤4.2.4Update to 4.2.5 | CVE-2024-12309 | |
| Medium5.3 | Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤3.4.4Update to 3.4.5 | CVE-2024-32823 | |
| Medium5.3 | IP Address Spoofing ≤3.4.2Update to 3.4.3 | CVE-2023-51667 | |
| Medium4.3 | WP Rating System <= 3.4.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference <3.4.2Update to 3.4.2 | CVE-2023-49765 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤3.3.8Update to 3.3.9 | CVE-2022-4673 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Voting On Scheduled Posts
≤4.2.4Update to 4.2.5
- Medium5.3Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤3.4.4Update to 3.4.5
- Medium5.3IP Address Spoofing
≤3.4.2Update to 3.4.3
- Medium4.3WP Rating System <= 3.4.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference
<3.4.2Update to 3.4.2
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤3.3.8Update to 3.3.9
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- 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.