CVE-2021-24379

MEDIUM

Comments Like Dislike < 1.1.4 - Unauthenticated Like/Dislike Manipulation via AJAX Request Replay

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Comments Like Dislike WordPress plugin before 1.1.4 allows users to like/dislike posted comments, however does not prevent them from replaying the AJAX request to add a like. This allows any user (even unauthenticated) to add unlimited like/dislike to any comment. The plugin appears to have some Restriction modes, such as Cookie Restriction, IP Restrictions, Logged In User Restriction, however, they do not prevent such attack as they only check client side

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aae7a889-195c-45a3-bbe4-e6d4cd2d7fd9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0098
EPSS Percentile 57.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
wphappycoders/comments_like_dislike < 1.1.4
Published Jun 21, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026