WP Google Review Slider lets forged requests alter Google API settings
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 18.11 does not validate a nonce when updating its active Google Places configuration. An attacker who tricks a site administrator into following a crafted link can use a forged request to alter or destroy that configuration (CWE-352). A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 18.11 does not perform nonce validation when updating its active Google Places configuration, allowing attackers to alter or destroy that configuration via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into following a crafted link.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Google Review Slider | before 18.11 | 18.11 | Patch available | CNA |
- WP Google Review Slider VendorUnknown Affected before 18.11 Fixed in 18.11 Patch available CNA
Remediation
The plugin is fixed in version 18.11. The sources list no advisory identifier for this fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
- Fix · CNA WP Google Review Slider (Unknown) Fixed in 18.11
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-117588
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-52pv-v24m-h9p4
- 2026-11-07 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-117588 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-117588 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-52pv-v24m-h9p4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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