WP Ultimate Review < 2.4.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Review Submission
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The WP Ultimate Review WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not properly sanitise and escape reviews submitted through its public review form, which is available to unauthenticated visitors, allowing them to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against any user, including administrators, viewing a page displaying the review, when user reviews are enabled.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 | WP Ultimate Review | before 2.4.4 | 2.4.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- WP Ultimate Review VendorUnknown Affected before 2.4.4 Fixed in 2.4.4 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WP Ultimate Review (Unknown) Fixed in 2.4.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
WP Ultimate Review 2.4.4
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-67416 WP Ultimate Review < 2.4.4 - Unauthenticated DoS via Unset Display Settings in wp-reviews ShortcodePriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-67415 WP Ultimate Review < 2.4.4 - Unauthenticated DoS via Non-Numeric Review RatingPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-67417 WP Ultimate Review < 2.4.4 - Author+ Stored XSS via Review Overview SettingsPriority LOW 30
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-101159
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f5xc-wp62-2fgm
- 2026-10-03 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-03 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-101159 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-101159 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f5xc-wp62-2fgm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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