Vulnerability Report
Plugin High Patch path listed CVE-2025-12705

Social Reviews & Recommendations <= 2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Media Reviews

The Social Reviews & Recommendations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in the 'trim_text' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5 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. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.5.

Quick Answer

CVE-2025-12705 is a high severity with CVSS 7.2 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor. It affects Versions up to 2.5 and is fixed in 2.6.

Published
Dec 08, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 09, 2025
Slug
fb-reviews-widget
Operational Summary

What the operator needs to know

Patch Status
Patched release is available
Remediation
Update to version 2.6, or a newer patched version
Operator Briefing

CVE-2025-12705 is tracked for the Plugin Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor as high severity with CVSS 7.2. The affected range is Versions up to 2.5. Update Reviews Widgets for Google, Yelp & TripAdvisor to 2.6 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.

Issue Type
Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Primary Fixed Version
2.6
Primary Affected Range
Versions up to 2.5
Tracking ID
CVE-2025-12705
Detailed Metadata
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug
fb-reviews-widget View on wordpress.org
CVE CVE-2025-12705
Patched Versions
2.6
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5
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