TI-2011-04006 Aliases CVE-2011-4646 GHSA-chv6-6f32-gc59

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-postratings.php in the WP-PostRatings plugin 1.50…

LOW 30CWE-94Published 2011-11-30 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-postratings.php in the WP-PostRatings plugin 1.50, 1.61, and probably other versions before 1.62 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users with the Author role to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id attribute of the ratings shortcode when creating a post. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01505 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:1.50:::::::*	1.50	Vulnerable	Lester Chan
cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:1.61:::::::*	1.61	Vulnerable	Lester Chan
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::	all versions	Running on	WordPress

cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:1.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.50 Vulnerable ·Lester Chan
cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:1.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.61 Vulnerable ·Lester Chan
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·WordPress

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-4646
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-chv6-6f32-gc59

References

Exploit 1

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/430970/wp-postratings/trunk/wp-postratings.php?old=355076&old_path=wp-postratings%2Ftrunk%2Fwp-postratings.php

Other 1

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/changelog/

TI-2021-07395 WP Postratings < 1.86.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2023-21161 WordPress WP-PostRatings plugin <= 1.91 - Rating limit Bypass vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-26583 WordPress WP-PostRatings plugin <= 1.91.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2011-04609 GamerZ WP-PostRatings wp-postratings.php cross site scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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