---
id: CVE-2025-9436
title: >-
  The Widgets for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored
  Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `trustindex` shortcode in all versions
  up to, and including, 13.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output
  escap…
summary: >-
  The Widgets for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored
  Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `trustindex` shortcode in all versions
  up to, and including, 13.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output
  escap…
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: '2025-12-11'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T16:10:00.223'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9436'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-reviews-plugin-for-google/tags/13.0/trustindex-plugin.class.php#L803
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94974552-1c52-417b-9b4e-c30fd13a8ad4?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00233
epssPercentile: 0.12791
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T17:13:20.758Z'
---

## Overview

The Widgets for Google Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `trustindex` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 13.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.