Like Button Rating < 2.6.38 - Unauthorised Vote Export to Email & IP Addresses Disclosure
Priority LOW 36CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-352.
Summary
The Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn WordPress plugin before 2.6.38 does not have any authorisation and CSRF checks in the likebtn_export_votes AJAX action, which could allow any authenticated user, such as subscriber, to get a list of email and IP addresses of people who liked content from the blog.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00575 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn (Unknown): 2.6.38
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 | Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn | 2.6.38 to before 2.6.38 | 2.6.38 | Patch available | CNA |
- Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn VendorUnknown Affected 2.6.38 to before 2.6.38 Fixed in 2.6.38 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn (Unknown) Fixed in 2.6.38
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24945
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v7hx-7773-729x
References
More LikeBtn Like Button Rating vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-29653 WordPress Like Button Rating LikeBtn plugin <= 2.6.53 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2022-00656 Like Button Rating < 2.6.45 - Arbitrary e-mail Sending CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-24945 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24945 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v7hx-7773-729x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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