CVE-2023-6456: WP Review Slider < 13.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Review Slider WordPress plugin before 13.0 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 Review Slider: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Review Slider 13.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30f31412-8f94-4d5e-a080-3f6f669703cd/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30f31412-8f94-4d5e-a080-3f6f669703cd/

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