# CVE-2023-51667: WordPress Rate my Post – WP Rating System plugin <= 3.4.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authentication via spoofing to access restricted functionality in the Rate my Post WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p863-q32c-8f73

## What is CVE-2023-51667?

CVE-2023-51667 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in FeedbackWP Rate my Post – WP Rating System, published on 4 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in FeedbackWP Rate my Post – WP Rating System allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Rate my Post – WP Rating System: from n/a through 3.4.2.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51667?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Blazzdev Rate My Post.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-51667?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51667 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-51667 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51667 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in FeedbackWP Rate my Post – WP Rating System

- [CVE-2022-4673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4673/): Rate my Post – WP Rating System < 3.3.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-32823](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32823/): WordPress Rate My Post plugin <= 3.4.4 - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-49765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49765/): WordPress Rate my Post – WP Rating System Plugin <= 3.4.1 is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-51667 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-51667 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in FeedbackWP Rate my Post – WP Rating System, published on 4 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51667 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: FeedbackWP Rate my Post – WP Rating System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51667/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51667/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51667
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51667
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-51667

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51667/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.