WordPress plugin · wp-postratings
Is WP-PostRatings safe?
Safe on 2.0.2 or newer.
The current version, 2.0.2, is past every affected range on record (5 of 5 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 5
- High or critical
- 0
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 2.0.2
- Last updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- Active installs
- 20,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Aug 1, 2024WP-PostRatings: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2024-39659 · affects up to 1.91.1 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- Jun 4, 2024WP-PostRatings: Improper Control of Interaction FrequencyCVE-2023-40332 · affects up to 1.91 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Jan 16, 2024WP-PostRatings: Does not sanitise the postratings_image parameter from its options page (wp-admin/adminCVE-2021-25117 · fixed in 1.86.1 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
- Sep 9, 2022Rating increase/decrease via race condition in Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan WP-PostRatings plugin <= 1.89 at WordPress.CVE-2022-36422 · affects up to 1.89 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Nov 30, 2011SQL injection vulnerability in wp-postratings.php in the WP-PostRatings plugin 1.50, 1.61, and probably other versions before 1.62 for WordPress allows remote aCVE-2011-4646 · fixed in 1.62 · reported by MITRE1.5% oddsMedium 6
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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