kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks <= 5.4.10 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
CVE-2024-11977Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.4.10Update to 5.4.10.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.3
- CVSS
- 7.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat 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:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks kk-star-ratings
- Affected≤ 5.4.10
- Patched in5.4.10.2
Update to 5.4.10.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.4.10. Version 5.4.10.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks.
- 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 5.4.10.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Michael Mazzolini.
The The kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.10. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Note: This vulnerability was only partially patched in version 5.4.10.1, and fully patched in 5.4.10.2
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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All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'payload' Parameter ≤5.4.10.3Update to 5.4.10.4 | CVE-2026-3424 | |
| Medium5.3 | Race Condition to Multiple User Voting ≤5.4.5Update to 5.4.6 | CVE-2023-4642 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤5.4.5Update to 5.4.6 | CVE-2023-46639 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ≤1.9.2No patch available | CVE-2023-33999 | |
| Medium5.3 | IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass ≤5.4.3Update to 5.4.4 | CVE-2023-36528 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'payload' Parameter
≤5.4.10.3Update to 5.4.10.4
- Medium5.3Race Condition to Multiple User Voting
≤5.4.5Update to 5.4.6
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤5.4.5Update to 5.4.6
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
≤1.9.2No patch available
- Medium5.3IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
≤5.4.3Update to 5.4.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.3
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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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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