Medium 4.4Published Jun 30, 2026

CVE-2026-12560Editorial Rating <= 4.0.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Link URL' Field

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 2:23 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The Editorial Rating – Product Review & Rating System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Link URL' Field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The WordPress unfiltered_html capability exemption does not apply here because the payload is stored in post meta (_wpas_er_options via update_post_meta) rather than in post_content or post_excerpt, meaning the restriction affects all administrators regardless of their unfiltered_html status.

CVSS: 4.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 1, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

wpqode Editorial Rating – Product Review & Rating System wpqode:editorial_rating_product_review_and_rating_system (from the name)	through 4.0.5	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26c63d73-6ce2-4b3a-b0d9-29f7d9b368d5?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L57
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L87
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/public/class-average-score-public_display.php#L90
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.5/admin/wpas-framework/options/metabox-options.php#L446
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L57
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/public/template-parts/wpas-theme-1.php#L87
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/public/class-average-score-public_display.php#L90
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-rating/tags/4.0.3/admin/wpas-framework/options/metabox-options.php#L446

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