Rate Star ReviewWordPress extension · Videowhisper
CVE-2023-52213
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in VideoWhisper Rate Star Review – AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Rate Star Review – AJAX Reviews for Content, with Star Ratings: from n/a through 1.5.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA reflected XSS vulnerability in the VideoWhisper Rate Star Review plugin versions up to 1.5.1 allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through unsanitized input parameters that get reflected back in the web page response.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Rate Star ReviewWordPress extension
<= 1.5.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin installationCheck your WordPress or web application for the presence of the VideoWhisper Rate Star Review plugin in the plugin directory or codebase.Affected if The VideoWhisper Rate Star Review plugin is found installed on the system.
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Identify installed versionLocate the plugin's main file (typically rate-star-review.php or similar) and check the version header comment, or look for a version definition in the plugin code.Affected if The plugin version is 1.5.1 or lower.
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Verify plugin is activeCheck if the plugin is enabled and loaded by the web application. In WordPress, check the active plugins configuration or observe if the plugin's functionality is accessible on the site.Affected if The plugin is active and processing requests.
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Test parameter reflectionSubmit a test request to the plugin's form or endpoint with a benign test string (such as <script>alert('test')</script> or a URL-encoded equivalent) in the parameters used by the rating/review functionality, then inspect the page response to see if the input is reflected without encoding.Affected if User-supplied input is reflected back in the response without proper HTML encoding or sanitization.
If the VideoWhisper Rate Star Review plugin version 1.5.1 or lower is installed and active, and user input is reflected without sanitization, the environment is affected by this reflected XSS vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the patched version of the plugin; in the interim, implement output encoding and input validation on all user-supplied parameters.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-52213 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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