CVE-2026-92412: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Five Star Restaurant Reviews
The Five Star Restaurant Reviews WordPress plugin before 2.3.14 does not properly escape a user-supplied value before outputting it into an HTML tag, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script that runs in the browser of anyone tricked into submitting a crafted request, including a logged-in administrator.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Five Star Restaurant Reviews WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.3.14 do not properly escape user-supplied values before embedding them into HTML tags. This flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code that executes in the context of the victim's browser when they submit a specially crafted request. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with no required privileges but user interaction needed.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the browsers of users who submit crafted requests, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability affects unauthenticated users and can impact logged-in administrators, increasing the risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in version 2.3.14 of the Five Star Restaurant Reviews plugin. Users should upgrade to version 2.3.14 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated in the provided data.
CVE-2026-92412: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Five Star Restaurant Reviews
Description
The Five Star Restaurant Reviews WordPress plugin before 2.3.14 does not properly escape a user-supplied value before outputting it into an HTML tag, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script that runs in the browser of anyone tricked into submitting a crafted request, including a logged-in administrator.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Affected software
Five Star Restaurant Reviews
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Five Star Restaurant Reviews WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.3.14 do not properly escape user-supplied values before embedding them into HTML tags. This flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code that executes in the context of the victim's browser when they submit a specially crafted request. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting) and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with no required privileges but user interaction needed.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the browsers of users who submit crafted requests, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability affects unauthenticated users and can impact logged-in administrators, increasing the risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in version 2.3.14 of the Five Star Restaurant Reviews plugin. Users should upgrade to version 2.3.14 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated in the provided data.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-16T09:06:39.764Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6abe7497a43b0b3b89bd1d25
Added to database: 10/01/2026, 14:56:23 UTC
Last enriched: 10/01/2026, 15:24:43 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 01:14:41 UTC
Views: 7
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