CVE-2025-12499

Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews <= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Review

High7.2EPSS 0.41%

Published: 6 Dec 2025
Updated: 8 Apr 2026
Reserved: 29 Oct 2025
Assigned by: Wordfence

Description

The Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the contents of a Google Review in all versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially patched in version 6.6.2.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2025-12499, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
WordfenceCNA (assigner)	3.1	High7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVDNVD · Deferred	3.1	High7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

widgetpack · Rich Showcase for Google Reviews
- affected ≤ 6.8

References (3)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 8 Apr 2026, 17:29 UTC.