# CVE-2024-32685: WordPress WP Ultimate Review plugin <= 2.2.5 - Review Score Manipulation vulnerability

> Attackers can manipulate review scores by bypassing client-side security checks, compromising data integrity in the WP Ultimate Review plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2p92-vrh7-9m5h

## What is CVE-2024-32685?

CVE-2024-32685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpmet Wp Ultimate Review, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security vulnerability in Wpmet Wp Ultimate Review allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Wp Ultimate Review: from n/a through 2.2.5.

Weakness: CWE-602 (Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32685?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmet Wp Ultimate Review.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-32685?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-32685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-32685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wpmet Wp Ultimate Review

- [CVE-2023-28751](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28751/): WordPress Wp Ultimate Review Plugin <= 2.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-21746](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21746/): WordPress Wp Ultimate Review plugin <= 2.3.6 - IP limit Bypass vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-32684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32684/): WordPress WP Ultimate Review plugin <= 2.2.5 - Broken Access Control on Review vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-32683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32683/): WordPress WP Ultimate Review plugin <= 2.2.5 - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-28987](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28987/): WordPress Wp Ultimate Review Plugin <= 2.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-32685 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-32685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpmet Wp Ultimate Review, published on 17 May 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-2024-32685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wpmet Wp Ultimate Review. 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-2024-32685/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32685/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32685
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32685
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-32685

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32685/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.