WordPress Posts Like Dislike plugin <= 1.1.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2024-12-13 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-46340

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP Happy Coders Posts Like Dislike allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Posts Like Dislike: from n/a through 1.1.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

WP Happy Coders Posts Like Dislike 1.1.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-13)

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

WP Happy Coders Posts Like Dislike

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/posts-like-dislike/vulnerability/wordpress-posts-like-dislike-plugin-1-1-0-broken-a
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-41849
NVD CVE-2023-41849

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Summary