CVE-2026-11591
MediumCVSS 4.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Widgets for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to 13.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions or higher can inject arbitrary scripts that execute when users access affected pages.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript, leading to session hijacking, redirects to malicious sites, or theft of sensitive data. This vulnerability only affects multi-site installations and those where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Widgets for Google Reviews plugin to the latest available version. For multi-site installations, additionally enable unfiltered_html filtering for lower-level roles.
Other vulnerabilities in Widgets for Google Reviews
Original NVD description (English source)
The Widgets for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 13.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS