Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Post Rating and Review Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-6538

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Post Rating And Review
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-6538?

The Post Rating and Review plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the 'class' parameter. This flaw arises due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, enabling authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to execute arbitrary web scripts on affected pages. When users visit these compromised pages, the injected scripts can be executed, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

Post Rating and Review * <= 1.3.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-rating-and-review/#dev...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Gilang Asra Bilhadi
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CVE-2025-6538 : Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Post Rating and Review Plugin for WordPress