CVE-2023-3254: Widgets for Google Reviews <= 10.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Reset

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Widgets for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 10.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation within setup_no_reg_header.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset plugin settings and remove reviews via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

trustindex Widgets for Google Reviews: through 10.9

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2980022%40wp-reviews-plugin-for-google%2Ftrunk&old=2977531%40wp-reviews-plugin-for-google%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file8
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70968476-b064-477f-999f-4aa2c51d89cc?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2980022%40wp-reviews-plugin-for-google%2Ftrunk&old=2977531%40wp-reviews-plugin-for-google%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file8
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70968476-b064-477f-999f-4aa2c51d89cc?source=cve

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