CVE-2024-11977 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-11977

kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks <= 5.4.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Vulnerability Description

The The kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.10. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Note: This vulnerability was only partially patched in version 5.4.10.1, and fully patched in 5.4.10.2

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

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Credits & Attribution

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

  • Michael Mazzolini

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 21st, 2024
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:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1505.003 Web Shell
Persistence
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact