CVE-2011-4646

Exp

SQL 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 authenticated users with the Author role to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id attribute of the ratings shortcode when creating a post. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2011-11-30 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-4646 is rated Exploit Available (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-4646

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4646

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-28 0.44% 0.32% -0.12%
2 2025-12-27 0.32% 0.44% +0.12%
3 2025-10-28 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4646

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4646

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4646

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lesterchan wp-postratings 1.50 cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:1.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lesterchan wp-postratings 1.61 cpe:2.3:a:lesterchan:wp-postratings:1.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4646

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