CVE-2023-3998 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2023-3998

wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Post Rating Increase/Decrease

Vulnerability Description

The wpDiscuz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the userRate function in versions up to, and including, 7.6.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to increase or decrease the rating of a post.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2023-3998

Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Vladislav Pokrovsky

References

More from advancedcoding

View All →
CVE-2024-9488
Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.24 - Authentication Bypass via WordPress.com OAuth provider
Critical 9.8
CVE-2024-6704
Comments – wpDiscuz <= 7.6.21 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection
Medium 5.3
CVE-2024-2477
wpDiscuz <= 7.6.15 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Uploaded Image Alternative Text
Medium 6.4
CVE-2023-3869
wpDiscuz <= 7.6.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Comment Rating Increase/Decrease
Medium 5.3

Affected Vendor

advancedcoding

View all reports →

Affected Software

Comments – wpDiscuz
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 20th, 2023
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-639

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation