CVE-2023-1525: Site Reviews < 6.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Site Reviews WordPress plugin before 6.7.1 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

Gemini Labs Site Reviews: before 6.7.1 — fixed in 6.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gemini Labs Site Reviews 6.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4ae6bf90-b100-4bb5-bdd7-8acdbd950596
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4ae6bf90-b100-4bb5-bdd7-8acdbd950596

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