# kk Star Ratings – Rate Post & Collect User Feedbacks

> kk Star Ratings allows blog visitors to involve and interact more effectively with your website by rating posts.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 10:42 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `kk-star-ratings`
- Author: properfraction
- Version: 5.4.10.5
- Active installs: 70,000+
- Last update: 2026-08-20 (3 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.0, PHP 7.4
- Tags: ajax ratings, feedback, rate post, star ratings, voting
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/kk-star-ratings/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 3 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-08-22 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'payload' Parameter (up to 5.4.10.3). CVE-2026-3424, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b2e9103-16a8-4350-97ee-ae05a90850f6?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-20 HIGH: Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution (up to 5.4.10). CVE-2024-11977, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5dea49fb-2703-4754-9abd-5f4e526d5570?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-06 MEDIUM: Race Condition to Multiple User Voting (up to 5.4.5). CVE-2023-4642, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/003694f8-23be-4c94-899d-76b9b8488202?source=api-prod
- 2023-10-25 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 5.4.5). CVE-2023-46639, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1af442f7-b57c-47bd-9733-5e6bb5c89443?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (3.0.0 to 5.4.4). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-691, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-17 MEDIUM: IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass (up to 5.4.3). CVE-2023-36528, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c4fcaa5-357a-4b70-8653-3874a234f07d?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization Checks (before 5.2.9). WF-39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42-407, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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