Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce by WordPress

CVE-2025-5720

What is CVE-2025-5720?

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress has a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the ‘author’ parameter. This security flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts that can execute when a user accesses affected pages. Affected versions include all versions up to and including 5.80.2, making it critical for website administrators to apply necessary updates and safeguard their sites against potential exploitation.

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