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CVE-2025-13853: Nearby Now Reviews <= 5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 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: 2026-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Nearby Now Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data_tech' parameter of the nn-tech shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• lnbadmin1 Nearby Now Reviews: through 5.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nearby-now-reviews/tags/5.2/nn-reviews.php#L160
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nearby-now-reviews/trunk/nn-reviews.php#L160
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8dc991ea-0d00-4734-9b9a-5af759e83540?source=cve

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