5.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24379
WordPress Comments Like Dislike CSRF Vulnerability
Description

The Comments Like Dislike WordPress plugin before 1.1.4 allows users to like/dislike posted comments, however does not prevent them from replaying the AJAX request to add a like. This allows any user (even unauthenticated) to add unlimited like/dislike to any comment. The plugin appears to have some Restriction modes, such as Cookie Restriction, IP Restrictions, Logged In User Restriction, however, they do not prevent such attack as they only check client side

INFO

Published Date :

June 21, 2021, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 20, 2021, 5:11 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-24379 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24379 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wphappycoders comments_like_dislike
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aae7a889-195c-45a3-bbe4-e6d4cd2d7fd9 Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 8, 2021, 3:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24379 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24379 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE WPScan CWE-284
    Added CWE WPScan CWE-863
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-284 / More specific CWE option available
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aae7a889-195c-45a3-bbe4-e6d4cd2d7fd9 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aae7a889-195c-45a3-bbe4-e6d4cd2d7fd9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-863
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wphappycoders:comments_like_dislike:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.1.4
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24379 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-24379 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.02%

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0.54032

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