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TI-2025-11470 Aliases CVE-2025-12499GHSA-cjfp-rjvp-xqgj

Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews <= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Review

Priority LOW 32CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the contents of a Google Review in all versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially patched in version 6.6.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00411 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
widgetpackRich Showcase for Google Reviewsup to 6.8—No fix listedCNA
  • Rich Showcase for Google Reviews Vendorwidgetpack Affected up to 6.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12499
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjfp-rjvp-xqgj

References

  • TI-2025-11648 Social Reviews & Recommendations <= 2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Media Reviews CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-81746 Missing authorization in Rich Showcase for Google Reviews exposes site secret CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-13242 Cross-site scripting in widgetpack Rich Showcase for Google Reviews CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2026-67411 Cross-site scripting in widgetpack Rich Showcase for Google Reviews CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2026-10461 Cross-site scripting in widgetpack Reviews Widgets for Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp &… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2025-08814 WidgetPack Comment System <= 1.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources