WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

kk Star Ratings < 5.4.10.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'payload' Parameter

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, 5.4.10.3. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate the 'payload' value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
kk-star-ratings
Fixed in 5.4.10.4

References

CVE
CVE-2026-3424
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b2e9103-16a8-4350-97ee-ae05a90850f6

Classification

Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
A1: Injection
CWE
CWE-94
CVSS
5.3 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Ronnachai Sretawat Na Ayutaya (Simonhaskelly)
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
34b5e6fa-c983-432b-8607-41596e0d4392

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-21 (about 30 days ago)
Added
2026-08-21 (about 29 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-22 (about 29 days ago)

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