Stored cross-site scripting in Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin
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 Strong Testimonials plugin for WordPress by wpchill is affected in all versions up to and including 3.3.16. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the star_rating parameter cause stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An unauthenticated attacker can inject scripts that run whenever a user opens an injected page, and execution requires an administrator to open the standard Preview link for a pending testimonial.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The Strong Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'star_rating' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.16 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. Successful execution requires an administrator to open the standard Preview link for a pending testimonial, a step the plugin's normal moderation workflow naturally invites.
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Strong Testimonials.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115811
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-vq8m-732r-x8xr
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c35fcd14-b116-40c3-a12b-0183bc0e11f4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/strong-testimonials/tags/3.3.15/includes/class-strong-testimonials-render.php#L278
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/strong-testimonials/tags/3.3.15/includes/class-strong-view-slideshow.php#L319
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/strong-testimonials/tags/3.3.15/includes/class-strong-view-slideshow.php#L306
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/strong-testimonials/tags/3.3.15/includes/class-strong-testimonials-render.php#L351
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/strong-testimonials/tags/3.3.15/includes/class-strong-testimonials-render.php#L648
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/strong-testimonials/tags/3.3.15/includes/class-strong-testimonials-form.php#L292
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Sources
- CVE-2026-115811 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115811 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vq8m-732r-x8xr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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