Widgets for Social Photo Feed <= 1.7.9 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via feed_data
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 Widgets for Social Photo Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'feed_data' parameter keys in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trustindex | Widgets for Social Photo Feed | up to 1.7.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Widgets for Social Photo Feed Vendortrustindex Affected up to 1.7.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5425
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hvhr-x55p-8qm9
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2584097a-8955-41c7-b009-c6502fe8b99b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=social-photo-feed-widget/tags/1.7.8/trustindex-feed-plugin.class.php&new_path=social-photo-feed-widget/tags/1.8/trustindex-feed-plugin.class.php&old=3440215&new=3486529
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=social-photo-feed-widget/tags/1.7.8/social-photo-feed-widget.php&new_path=social-photo-feed-widget/tags/1.8/social-photo-feed-widget.php&old=3440215&new=3486529
More trustindex vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-04085 Widgets for Google Reviews < 9.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2023-02651 WordPress WP Testimonials Plugin <= 1.4.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-13444 Information disclosure in trustindex Widgets for Social Photo Feed CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-11481 Widgets for Google Reviews <= 13.2.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Reviews CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-42116 WordPress Widgets for Social Photo Feed plugin <= 1.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-08648 Widgets for Google Reviews <= 13.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via trustindex Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-5425 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5425 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hvhr-x55p-8qm9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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