What is CVE-2025-12499?

CVE-2025-12499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Widgetpack Rich Showcase For Google Reviews, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-12-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-12499?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

XSS in Widgetpack Rich Showcase For Google Reviews

CVE-2025-12499

The Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the contents of a Google Review in all versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially patched in version 6.6.2.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Widgetpack Rich Showcase For Google Reviews — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12499?: CVE-2025-12499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Widgetpack Rich Showcase For Google Reviews, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-12499?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.