Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain contributor-level WordPress account
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DeliveryInvoke unauthorized plugin action
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ExploitRetrieve grw_auth_code secret
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ExecutionReplay secret to app.richplugins.com
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ImpactImpersonate site to RichPlugins backend
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account with contributor-level privileges or above on a site running Rich Showcase for Google Reviews ≤7.1.6 (consistent with PR:L). The specific condition is that the plugin performs a sensitive action - exposing the site-wide grw_auth_code authentication secret - without verifying the caller is authorized (CWE-862), so any contributor can retrieve a secret intended only for administrators. Limiting factors: the attacker must already possess valid low-privilege credentials on the target site (so purely unauthenticated attackers cannot exploit it), and the practical payoff is bounded by whatever the RichPlugins backend (app.richplugins.com) permits once the site is impersonated - the input does not specify the exact plugin action/endpoint beyond the referenced builder/admin-menu source files. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-priority information-disclosure issue, not a critical emergency. The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 6.5) is internally consistent: network-reachable, low complexity, but requiring authenticated contributor-level access (PR:L), with impact limited to confidentiality (C:H; I:N/A:N). The CWE-862 (missing authorization) classification matches the description's claim that the plugin fails to verify a user's authorization before exposing the 127-character site-wide grw_auth_code secret. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' - a routine patch-cycle priority, not 'act_now' or 'emergency.' No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit code were provided in the input, so there is no signal of active or widespread exploitation. The main caveat is scope of impact: C:H reflects leakage of a credential that lets an attacker impersonate the site to the RichPlugins backend (app.richplugins.com), but the real-world consequence depends on what that backend session permits - the input does not describe what an attacker can do after impersonation, so the downstream blast radius is unverified. The contributor-level prerequisite meaningfully limits risk: the attacker must already hold a (low-privilege) account on the target WordPress site. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds a contributor-level (or higher) account on a WordPress site running the plugin invokes the under-protected plugin action and reads back the site-wide grw_auth_code secret, which they are not authorized to see. They then replay that 127-character secret against app.richplugins.com to impersonate the victim site to the RichPlugins backend service. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Contributor-level users on WordPress sites running Rich Showcase for Google Reviews through 7.1.6 can retrieve the plugin's 127-character site-wide grw_auth_code secret because an authorization check is missing. The exposed secret lets them impersonate the site to the RichPlugins backend at app.richplugins.com, a high-confidentiality information-disclosure impact that still requires a valid low-privilege account. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the supplied priority is this_month rather than an emergency.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Rich Showcase for Google Reviews 7.1.7. Update the plugin to 7.1.7 or later, using the WordPress admin plugin updater or the vendor package at https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widget-google-reviews.7.1.7.zip, and review the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bcf9640-ef7e-4cff-ada2-5ddc4261befa?source=cve. The supplied sources do not document a separate workaround or secret-rotation procedure; because exploitation requires an authenticated contributor-or-above account, reducing unnecessary contributor-level accounts lowers exposure but is not a complete substitute for installing 7.1.7.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is the WordPress plugin identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:widgetpack:rich_showcase_for_google_reviews, which integrates Google Reviews and communicates with the RichPlugins service at app.richplugins.com. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) describes the root cause: a sensitive action that returns the site-wide grw_auth_code is reachable without a capability check appropriate to administrators, so an authenticated contributor-level user can invoke it. The supplied references point to includes/class-builder-page.php and includes/admin/class-admin-menu.php in version 7.1.6, but the exact request path or AJAX action is not described in the available sources. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N reflects an authenticated, network-reachable confidentiality-only exposure.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Contributor account needed, so PR:L; network-reachable action with no user interaction; only a secret is disclosed, giving C:H with I:N/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The Rich Showcase for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.6 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to retrieve the plugin's 127-character site-wide grw_auth_code authentication secret and use it to impersonate the WordPress site to the RichPlugins backend service at app.richplugins.com.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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Stored cross-site scripting in the Rich Showcase for Google Reviews WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Rich Showcase for Google Reviews widget (richplugins plu
EUVD-2026-111748
GHSA-w2f6-cjfj-3fhf
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Exploit-DB