CVE-2023-40332 describes an Improper Control of Interaction Frequency vulnerability in the Lester Chan WP-PostRatings plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 1.91. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows for functionality misuse through an unauthenticated network attack with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100 indicates a substantial potential threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.91.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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