CVE-2025-12705
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-12-09
Last updated on: 2025-12-09
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | social_reviews_and_recommendations | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:
The provided resources and context do not contain information regarding the impact of this vulnerability on compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Social Reviews & Recommendations plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 2.5. It occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'trim_text' function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users view the affected pages.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of users visiting the infected pages, potentially leading to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions without requiring authentication.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, update the Social Reviews & Recommendations plugin for WordPress to a version later than 2.5 where the partial patch has been applied. Additionally, consider disabling or removing the plugin if an update is not immediately possible to prevent exploitation.