CVE-2026-101159 (GCVE-0-2026-101159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-03 06:00 – Updated: 2026-10-03 15:12
VLAI
Title
WP Ultimate Review < 2.4.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Review Submission
Summary
The WP Ultimate Review WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not properly sanitise and escape reviews submitted through its public review form, which is available to unauthenticated visitors, allowing them to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against any user, including administrators, viewing a page displaying the review, when user reviews are enabled.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-03 15:08 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1eefa81e-6134-49… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WP Ultimate Review Affected: 0 , < 2.4.4 (semver)
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Credits
Jakub Herman WPScan
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