CVE-2021-36861

WordPress Rich Reviews by Starfish plugin <= 1.9.14 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

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Published Aug 5, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rich Reviews by Starfish plugin <= 1.9.14 at WordPress allows an attacker to delete reviews.

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

Starfish Reviews

Rich Reviews by Starfish (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.9.14`	affected	≤ 1.9.14

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:starfish:rich_review:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23437	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rich Reviews by Starfish plugin <= 1.9.14 at WordPress allows an attacker to delete reviews.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.319% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/rich-reviews/wordpress-rich-reviews-by-starfish-plugin-1-9-14-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/rich-reviews/#developers

History

Feb 20, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Starfish Rich Review

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 28, 2026, 4:07 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Patchstack
Published: Aug 5, 2022, 3:08 PM
Updated: Apr 28, 2026, 4:07 PM
Reserved: Jul 19, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:01 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:01 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:59 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 5, 2022, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:59 AM

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