CVE-2026-13015
Received Received - Intake

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Wp Google Places Review Slider Plugin

Publication date: 2026-07-01

Last updated on: 2026-07-01

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Wp Google Places Review Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'place' parameter in versions up to, and including, 18.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in admin/partials/googlecrawl_dfs.php, where the $_GET['place'] value is URL-decoded, stripslashes()'d, and echoed directly into an HTML value attribute with no esc_attr() call when the supplied place is not already a stored key in the wprev_google_crawls option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a specially crafted link.

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Published
2026-07-01
Last Modified
2026-07-01
Generated
2026-07-01
AI Q&A
2026-07-01
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-13015
EUVD
EUVD-2026-40896

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Vendor Product Version / Range
wp_google_places_review_slider plugin to 18.1 (inc)

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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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Executive Summary

The Wp Google Places Review Slider plugin for WordPress has a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'place' parameter in versions up to and including 18.1.

This vulnerability occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input in the admin/partials/googlecrawl_dfs.php file. Specifically, the $_GET['place'] value is URL-decoded, processed with stripslashes(), and then directly echoed into an HTML value attribute without using esc_attr() when the supplied place is not already stored in the wprev_google_crawls option.

As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web scripts by tricking a user into clicking a specially crafted link, causing the malicious script to execute in the user's browser.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected website when a user interacts with a maliciously crafted link.

Potential impacts include theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement of the website, or redirection to malicious sites.

Since the attack requires user interaction (clicking a link), it can be used in phishing or social engineering attacks to compromise users or the website.

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