Rate my Post — WP Rating System <= 3.4.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference
CVE-2023-49765Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <3.4.2Update to 3.4.2 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< 3.4.2
- Patched in3.4.2
Update to 3.4.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 3.4.2. Version 3.4.2 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 3.4.2, 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 R3N0.
The Rate my Post - WP Rating System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This can allow users with publishing access to manipulate feedback and ratings.
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 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤3.3.8Update to 3.3.9 | CVE-2022-4673 | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤3.3.4Update to 3.3.5 | CVE-2022-40671 |
- 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
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤3.3.8Update to 3.3.9
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤3.3.4Update to 3.3.5
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.