---
id: CVE-2025-13969
title: >-
  The Reviews Sorted plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the 'space' parameter of the [reviews-slider] shortcode in all
  versions up to, and including, 2.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and outpu…
summary: >-
  The Reviews Sorted plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via the 'space' parameter of the [reviews-slider] shortcode in all
  versions up to, and including, 2.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and outpu…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2025-12-12'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13969'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/functions/do.php#L138
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider-1.php#L30
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider-2.php#L23
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider-3.php#L23
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/tags/2.4.2/templates/reviews-slider.php#L23
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/functions/do.php#L138
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider-1.php#L30
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider-2.php#L23
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider-3.php#L23
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviews-sorted/trunk/templates/reviews-slider.php#L23
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/74e790e7-60fd-45cd-942f-0f24365d7fc8?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00354
epssPercentile: 0.2694
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.880Z'
---

## Overview

The Reviews Sorted plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'space' parameter of the [reviews-slider] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.