CVE-2019-25216

HIGH 7.2

Rich Reviews <= 1.7.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS Score

7.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

The Rich Review plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the POST body 'update' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.7.4 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.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	starfishwp
Product	rich reviews by starfish
Published	Oct 16, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

starfishwp / Rich Reviews by Starfish

0 ≤ 1.7.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db701ad3-10fd-4a40-b239-139fbc95ab61?source=cve wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/09/rich-reviews-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/ wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-supported-open-to-malware-uninstall-now/ wpscan.com: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/81bdc004-9b9c-49e2-b337-35a6d8395c5d

Credits

Mikey Veenstra