CVE-2023-4642

kk Star Ratings < 5.4.6 - Rating Tampering via Race Condition

The kk Star Ratings WordPress plugin before 5.4.6 does not implement atomic operations, allowing one user vote multiple times on a poll due to a Race Condition.

We have discovered 5,749 live websites that are affected by CVE-2023-4642.

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Affected Software

Product  kk Star Ratings
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains5,749 live websites (22% of kk Star Ratings install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 5.4.6
Vulnerable Versions Count42 versions ( 86% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')



Details

  • Published - Nov 27, 2023
  • Updated - Aug 2, 2024

Credits

  • Mohammad Reza Omrani (finder)
  • WPScan (coordinator)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2023-4642
United States978 websites


Vietnam1,219 websites
France500 websites
Poland404 websites
Iran388 websites
Germany366 websites
Russia357 websites
Spain269 websites
Czech Republic103 websites
Slovakia88 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2023-4642
.com2,230 websites
.pl319 websites
.ru317 websites
.net280 websites
.fr239 websites
.de150 websites
.org140 websites
.es112 websites
.cz95 websites
.info69 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2023-4642

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2023-4642. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
****.com United States*,***
*******************.ro Romania**,***
*********.co United States**,***
**************.org United States**,***
*******.com United States**,***
*****.dk Denmark**,***
**************.com Spain**,***
********.com France**,***
******.net Vietnam**,***
********.net GB***,***
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FAQ

CVE-2023-4642 is Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') in kk Star Ratings
A total of 5,749 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2023-4642, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The kk Star Ratings is affected by the CVE-2023-4642 vulnerability.
kk Star Ratings versions up to 5.4.6 are vulnerable to CVE-2023-4642.
CVE-2023-4642 is resolved in version 5.4.6 of kk Star Ratings.