CVE-2021-25117

WP Postratings < 1.86.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Published Jan 16, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The WP-PostRatings WordPress plugin before 1.86.1 does not sanitise the postratings_image parameter from its options page (wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-postratings/postratings-options.php). Even though the page is only accessible to administrators, and protected against CSRF attacks, the issue is still exploitable when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP-PostRatings

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.86.1

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.224% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2d9a789-edae-4ae1-92af-e6132db7efcd/

History

Jun 17, 2025 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lesterchan Wp-postratings

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 17, 2025, 2:09 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 3:49 PM
Updated: Jun 17, 2025, 2:09 PM
Reserved: Jan 14, 2021, 3:03 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:56 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 7:56 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:41 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 16, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:41 AM

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