Widgets for Google Reviews < 9.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 62Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Widgets for Google Reviews WordPress plugin before 9.8 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00507 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Widgets for Google Reviews (Unknown): 9.8
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Widgets for Google Reviews | before 9.8 | 9.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- Widgets for Google Reviews VendorUnknown Affected before 9.8 Fixed in 9.8 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:trustindex:widgets_for_google_reviews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 9.8 | Vulnerable | trustindex |
- cpe:2.3:a:trustindex:widgets_for_google_reviews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 9.8 Vulnerable ·trustindex
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Widgets for Google Reviews (Unknown) Fixed in 9.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4470
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hxq3-6v3r-c86x
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-4470 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4470 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hxq3-6v3r-c86x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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