Five Star Restaurant Reviews: Unauthenticated reflected XSS in HTML output
The Five Star Restaurant Reviews WordPress plugin before 2.3.14 does not properly escape a user-supplied value before outputting it into an HTML tag, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script that runs in the browser of anyone tricked into submitting a crafted request, including a logged-in administrator. The authoritative export does not name the request parameter or handler beyond the affected feature described above. The authoritative export identifies the fixed release as 2.3.14.
- Component
- Five Star Restaurant Reviews
- Plugin slug
five-star-restaurant-reviews- Affected
- < 2.3.14
- Safe version
2.3.14- Published
- Oct 01, 2026
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Oct 01, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Five Star Restaurant Reviews to 2.3.14 or a later supported release. An application-level fix should validate stored/request input and escape it for the final HTML, attribute, URL or DOM context. Remove persisted malicious content where storage is involved.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Five Star Restaurant Reviews WordPress plugin before 2.3.14 does not properly escape a user-supplied value before outputting it into an HTML tag, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script that runs in the browser of anyone tricked into submitting a crafted request, including a logged-in administrator.