CVE-2025-11268 (GCVE-0-2025-11268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-06 08:26 – Updated: 2025-11-06 14:46
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Summary
The Strong Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.16. This is due to the software allowing users to submit a testimonial in which a value is not properly validated or sanitized prior to being passed to a do_shortcode call. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes if an administrator previews or publishes a crafted testimonial.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpchill Strong Testimonials Affected: * , ≤ 3.2.16 (semver)
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Credits
Kishan Vyas
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