CVE-2022-4242: WP Google Review Slider < 11.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Google Review Slider WordPress plugin before 11.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

WP Google Review Slider: before 11.6 — fixed in 11.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Google Review Slider 11.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7f89335-630c-47c6-bebf-92f556caa087
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7f89335-630c-47c6-bebf-92f556caa087

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