Stars Rating < 3.5.1 - Comments Denial of Service
Priority LOW 36CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
The Stars Rating WordPress plugin before 3.5.1 does not validate the submitted rating, allowing submission of long integer, causing a Denial of Service in the comments section, or pending comment dashboard depending if the user sent it as unauthenticated or authenticated.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01604 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Stars Rating (Unknown): 3.5.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stars Rating | 3.5.1 to before 3.5.1 | 3.5.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Stars Rating VendorUnknown Affected 3.5.1 to before 3.5.1 Fixed in 3.5.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:stars_rating_project:stars_rating:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 3.5.1 | Vulnerable | Stars Rating Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:stars_rating_project:stars_rating:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 3.5.1 Vulnerable ·Stars Rating Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Stars Rating (Unknown) Fixed in 3.5.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24893
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pf4x-fwwq-h7vv
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-24893 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24893 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pf4x-fwwq-h7vv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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