The article rating widget cannot record a vote. Every click is answered with "Invalid Token", so the star rating feature is inert on a default install with article ratings enabled.

templates/shaper_helixultimate/js/main.js:301-334 builds the AJAX payload:

$('.article-ratings .rating-star').on('click', function (event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var $parent = $(this).closest('.article-ratings');

    var request = {
        option: 'com_ajax',
        template: template,
        action: 'rating',
        rating: $(this).data('number'),
        article_id: $parent.data('id'),
        format: 'json',
    };

    $.ajax({ type: 'POST', data: request, ... });
});

The payload carries no CSRF token, but the endpoint it reaches requires one. templates/shaper_helixultimate/helper.php:27:

Session::checkToken() or die(json_encode($output));

Session::checkToken() (libraries/src/Session/Session.php:64-88) looks for the token in the X-CSRF-Token header or in the POST body; neither is present, so it returns false and the handler dies with {"status":false,"message":"Invalid Token"}.

Reproduced from a normal browser session on an article page, same session for both requests:

POST option=com_ajax&template=shaper_helixultimate&action=rating&rating=5&article_id=45&format=json
  -> {"status":false,"message":"Invalid Token"}

POST option=com_ajax&template=shaper_helixultimate&action=rating&rating=5&article_id=45&format=json&<token>=1
  -> {"status":true,"message":"Thanks for your rating.","rating_count":1,"ratings":"<span class=\"rating-star\" ..."}

The only difference between the two is the token field, and Joomla already publishes it on every page in joomla-script-options under csrf.token, so the fix is three lines in the same handler:

var csrfToken = window.Joomla && Joomla.getOptions ? Joomla.getOptions('csrf.token', '') : '';
if (csrfToken) {
    request[csrfToken] = 1;
}

Two smaller things in the same endpoint, which only become reachable once the token is sent:

1. helper.php:32 takes rating as a plain (int) and helper.php:86 adds it straight into rating_sum with no range check. A request with rating=99999 inflates the stored average for that article. Clamping to 1..5 is enough.

2. helper.php:31 takes article_id as a plain (int) and helper.php:94 inserts a #__content_rating row without checking that the article exists or is published, so rows can be created for ids that are not articles.

   Thank you.