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TI-2021-07399 Aliases CVE-2021-25121GHSA-hg3r-jw9q-9wc4

Rating by BestWebSoft < 1.6 - Rating Denial of Service

Priority LOW 31CWE-191Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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-191 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The Rating by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 1.6 does not validate the submitted rating, allowing submission of long integer, causing a Denial of Service on the post/page when a user submit such rating

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01215 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Rating by BestWebSoft (Unknown): 1.6

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownRating by BestWebSoft1.6 to before 1.61.6Patch availableCNA
  • Rating by BestWebSoft VendorUnknown Affected 1.6 to before 1.6 Fixed in 1.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:rating:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 1.6VulnerableBestWebSoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:rating:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.6 Vulnerable ·BestWebSoft

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Rating by BestWebSoft (Unknown) Fixed in 1.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25121
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hg3r-jw9q-9wc4

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2017-13703 The rating-bws plugin before 0.2 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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