CVE-2023-40332 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Control of Interaction Frequency vulnerability in Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan WP-PostRatings allows Functionality Misuse.This issue affects WP-PostRatings: from n/a through 1.91.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00631.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Lesterchan	Wp-postratings

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44919	Improper Control of Interaction Frequency vulnerability in Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan WP-PostRatings allows Functionality Misuse.This issue affects WP-PostRatings: from n/a through 1.91.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 1.91.1 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-postratings/wordpress-wp-postratings-plugin-1-91-rating-limit-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00125}`	epss `{'score': 0.00631}`

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Lesterchan Lesterchan wp-postratings
Weaknesses		CWE-290
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Lesterchan Lesterchan wp-postratings

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-06-04T07:18:30.124Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.287Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T14:47:15.113Z

Link: CVE-2023-40332

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.287Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-04T08:15:09.337

Modified: 2025-04-03T00:27:22.963

Link: CVE-2023-40332

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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