Missing authorization in Rich Showcase for Google Reviews exposes site secret
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Rich Showcase for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress, in all versions up to and including 7.1.6, is affected by missing authorization (CWE-862). An authenticated attacker with contributor-level access or higher can retrieve the plugin's site-wide grw_auth_code authentication secret. The attacker can then use that secret to impersonate the WordPress site to the RichPlugins backend service at app.richplugins.com.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Rich Showcase for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.6 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve the plugin's 127-character site-wide grw_auth_code authentication secret and use it to impersonate the WordPress site to the RichPlugins backend service at app.richplugins.com.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| widgetpack | Rich Showcase for Google Reviews | up to 7.1.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Rich Showcase for Google Reviews Vendorwidgetpack Affected up to 7.1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Rich Showcase for Google Reviews.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110020
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-w2f6-cjfj-3fhf
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bcf9640-ef7e-4cff-ada2-5ddc4261befa?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-google-reviews/tags/7.1.6/includes/class-builder-page.php#L193
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-google-reviews/tags/7.1.6/includes/class-builder-page.php#L71
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-google-reviews/tags/7.1.6/includes/admin/class-admin-menu.php#L78
- https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widget-google-reviews.7.1.7.zip
More widgetpack vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-11648 Social Reviews & Recommendations <= 2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Media Reviews CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-11470 Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews <= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Review CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-13242 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-2026-110020 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110020 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w2f6-cjfj-3fhf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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