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AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Author account needed so PR:L, not PR:H; stored payload fires without attacker-side UI, scope changes to victim browser (S:C), XSS yields limited C/I and no availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
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The WP Ultimate Review WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not escape some of its review overview settings before outputting them in posts, which could allow users with a role as low as author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, when author reviews are enabled.
AnalysisAI
Stored cross-site scripting in the WordPress plugin WP Ultimate Review affects all versions before 2.4.4, where some review overview settings are written into post output without escaping. An authenticated user holding a role as low as Author can inject a persistent script payload, but only when the plugin's non-default 'author reviews' feature is explicitly enabled and only when another user - an administrator or site visitor - later renders the affected post. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires (1) an authenticated account with at least the Author role on the target WordPress site, and (2) the plugin's 'author reviews' feature to be explicitly enabled - this is a non-default, operator-configured condition. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a moderate, low-priority issue in practice. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: update WP Ultimate Review to version 2.4.4 or later, which escapes the review overview settings before output; this is the only complete fix and should be applied through the WordPress plugin update mechanism or by manual plugin replacement. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-91932
GHSA-5x2w-pxc2-hmcq