CVE-2021-25121 Rating by BestWebSoft < 1.6 - Rating Denial of Service
An attacker can cause a Denial of Service on posts or pages by submitting long integer ratings due to lack of validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25121?
CVE-2021-25121 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Unknown Rating by BestWebSoft, published on 20 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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
Weakness: CWE-191
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25121?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bestwebsoft Rating.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25121?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25121 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-25121 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25121 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Rating by BestWebSoft
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg3r-jw9q-9wc4.