Social Reviews & Recommendations <= 2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Media Reviews
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 Social Reviews & Recommendations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in the 'trim_text' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5 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. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| widgetpack | Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor | up to 2.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor Vendorwidgetpack Affected up to 2.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12705
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cp8c-5fqx-2h88
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d2aa302-aaab-4bf1-9a79-144290b967de?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fb-reviews-widget/trunk/includes/class-view.php#L447
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fb-reviews-widget/trunk/includes/class-view.php#L449
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fb-reviews-widget/trunk/includes/class-view.php#L452
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3393291/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3406362/
More widgetpack vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-11470 Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews <= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Review 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
- CVE-2025-12705 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12705 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cp8c-5fqx-2h88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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