CVE-2026-12560
MediumCVSS 4.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk15th percentile — higher than 15% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Editorial Rating – Product Review & Rating System plugin for WordPress up to version 4.0.5 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Link URL' field due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users access the affected page.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of users visiting the compromised page, potentially leading to session hijacking, redirection to malicious sites, or theft of sensitive data.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Editorial Rating plugin to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability. If no update is available, temporarily disable the plugin.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Editorial Rating – Product Review & Rating System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Link URL' Field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The WordPress unfiltered_html capability exemption does not apply here because the payload is stored in post meta (_wpas_er_options via update_post_meta) rather than in post_content or post_excerpt, meaning the restriction affects all administrators regardless of their unfiltered_html status.