CVE-2022-0279
AnyComment < 0.2.18 - Comment Rating Increase/Decrease via Race Condition
The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.2.18 is affected by a race condition when liking/disliking a comment/reply, which could allow any authenticated user to quickly raise their rating or lower the rating of other users
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.2.18 is affected by a race condition when liking/disliking a comment/reply, which could allow any authenticated user to quickly raise their rating or lower the rating of other users
- Record
CVE-2022-0279- CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
AnyComment < 0.2.18 - Comment Rating Increase/Decrease via Race Condition
The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.2.18 is affected by a race condition when liking/disliking a comment/reply, which could allow any authenticated user to quickly raise their rating or lower the rating of other users
- Record
CVE-2022-0279- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15453 No score
The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.2.18 is affected by a race condition when liking/disliking a comment/reply, which could allow any authenticated user to quickly raise their rating or lower the rating of other users
- Record
EUVD-2022-15453- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g7w5-4hph-r98m No score
The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.2.18 is affected by a race condition when liking...
The AnyComment WordPress plugin before 0.2.18 is affected by a race condition when liking/disliking a comment/reply, which could allow any authenticated user to quickly raise their rating or lower the rating of other users
- Record
GHSA-g7w5-4hph-r98m- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0279 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.1) in Alexander Anycomment, published February 21, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.