Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-5218Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews <= 5.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews from designextreme. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's file upload feature 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 Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| designextreme | Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews | 0 – through 5.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71408e0b-aed8-4077-add2-7f3b249e85f5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/g-business-reviews-rating/tags/5.1/index.php#L804
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3092202%40g-business-reviews-rating%2Ftrunk&old=3076444%40g-business-reviews-rating%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=